ledge off to drainage area
ledge off to drainage area is a cliff in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Adam Mountain stands 145 m to the west, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sanford Creek Greenway, a park 1.3 miles away. North Durham Country Byway passes 21 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 9 m
How to reach it
- 20.8 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 24.5 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 29.8 mi off the Lafayette's Tour
Named places within 25 miles
- Sanford Creek Greenway: 1.3 mi
- Smith Creek Greenway: 1.5 mi
- Smith Creek Greenway: 1.7 mi
- Crimson Clover Greenway: 1.7 mi
- Forbes Park: 1.8 mi
- Wolf Head: 2.3 mi
- Henry Knight’s Vision: 9.9 mi
- Gallery C: 11.8 mi
- Welcome to Raleigh Y'all: 12.2 mi
- Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation: 12.3 mi
- Storage Sense: 3.5 mi
- Piper Lights Display: 5.7 mi
- Hill Ridge Farms: 7.4 mi
- Maze: 7.5 mi
- Haunted Forest At Panic Point: 7.5 mi
- Durant Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Sandy Pines Nature Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Robertson Millpond Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 1.7 mi
- St. Catherine of Siena Memorial Garden: 2.8 mi
- Performance Garden: 4.3 mi
- Walker Garden: 4.3 mi
- Common Garden: 5.0 mi
- Veteran's Memorial of Wake Forest: 2.1 mi
- Eiffel Tower Replica: 5.9 mi
- Knightdale Veterans Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Lassiter Mill: 10.1 mi
- St. Anges Hospital: 11.6 mi
- Wake Forest Historical Museum: 3.6 mi
- Little House Museum and Gallery: 4.1 mi
- North Carolina Museum of History: 12.2 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: 12.2 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Nature Research Center: 12.3 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 4.1 mi
- Hargett Room: 12.4 mi
- Blount Room: 12.4 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 13.1 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 13.4 mi
- Green Hill: 3.4 mi
- Adam Mountain: 6.9 mi
- I-85, Northbound - Granville County: 21.7 mi
- I-85, Southbound - Granville County: 21.9 mi
- Little River Falls: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of ledge off to drainage area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Mountain | W 280° | 145 m | 6.9 mi |
| Green Hill | WSW 237° | 136 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:25 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Lake, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5774157177
Day trips start here
- Raleigh · 10 mi
- Research Triangle · 15 mi
- Chapel Hill · 28 mi
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