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Cary Senior Center Community Garden

Cary Senior Center Community Garden from directly overhead

Cary Senior Center Community Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Pickards Mountain stands 237 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Compost Education Center, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 16 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates35.78579, -78.82735

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Prestonwood Soccer Complex: 0.4 mi
  • Bond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bond Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 53
Attractions: 49
Historic sites: 38
  • Battle of Morrisville Station: 2.5 mi
  • American Eagle Flights 3378 and 3379 Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 3.3 mi
  • Camp Craggy: 5.6 mi
  • Nancy: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 33
Museums: 30
Peaks: 27
  • High Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 13.2 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 13.2 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 15.2 mi
  • Red Hill: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 6.5 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 7.2 mi
  • Fountain Terrace: 9.1 mi
  • Blount Room: 10.7 mi
  • Hargett Room: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Crosswinds Beach: 9.8 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Moosejaw Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Jumping Fish Falls: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cary Senior Center Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pickards MountainWNW 304°237 m22.3 mi
Terrells MountainWNW 286°232 m19.8 mi
Bald MountainNW 309°232 m20.7 mi
Scarlett HillNW 318°228 m22.2 mi
Blackwood MountainNW 313°224 m19.9 mi
Poplar RidgeNW 325°223 m23.8 mi
Collins MountainWNW 285°213 m22.3 mi
Currie HillNW 316°212 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2216:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606875797872615144
Precip in3.63.04.13.63.84.35.14.65.33.73.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apex, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal329 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk284 obs
  • Great Blue Heron274 obs
  • Mallard237 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird183 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel157 obs
  • Tufted Titmouse147 obs
  • American Robin140 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/583400934

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