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Hunt Rain Garden

Hunt Rain Garden from directly overhead

Hunt Rain Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Reds and Whites, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 22 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Carolina State University
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.76908, -78.67612
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • The Oval: 0.1 mi
  • Lake Raleigh Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • The Cistern: 0.2 mi
  • Textiles Courtyard: 0.2 mi
  • Venture Courtyard: 0.2 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Carousel: 1.0 mi
  • Goodnights Comedy Club: 1.7 mi
  • Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 2.6 mi
  • Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 2.9 mi
  • North Raleigh Business Center: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Historic sites: 30
Gardens: 28
Museums: 28
Peaks: 12
  • Green Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 12.7 mi
  • High Hill: 21.4 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 21.6 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Fountain Terrace: 1.0 mi
  • Blount Room: 2.3 mi
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 2.3 mi
  • Hargett Room: 2.4 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Crosswinds Beach: 18.0 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Little River Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Jumping Fish Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Moosejaw Falls: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Edwards MountainWNW 284°203 m21.6 mi
Nunn MountainWNW 302°188 m24.5 mi
Boothe HillW 281°183 m21.8 mi
Red HillW 269°183 m23.8 mi
Burnett MountainW 271°183 m24.1 mi
Bennett MountainW 279°167 m23.9 mi
Iron Mine HillWNW 297°159 m24.6 mi
Adam MountainN 7°145 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
December solstice07:2216:2617:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424451616977807973625245
Precip in3.72.94.23.64.04.94.64.75.73.93.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh State Univ, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,393 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee1,223 obs
  • Western Honey Bee934 obs
  • American Robin718 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle537 obs
  • Green Anole493 obs
  • Canada Goose380 obs
  • Northern Cardinal357 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/967122917

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