Sam W. Hitt Medicinal Plant Garden
Sam W. Hitt Medicinal Plant Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Football Road passes 1.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Football Road
- 6.9 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 8.3 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 12 mi
- #12 Racecar · 12 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 12 mi
- Trading Path View · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Parker Community Park: 0.5 mi
- McCorkle Place: 0.5 mi
- Westwood Park: 0.6 mi
- Jones Park: 0.6 mi
- Memorial Grove: 0.7 mi
- Exhale: 0.6 mi
- Bolin Creek Trail: 1.2 mi
- Tatanka: 1.6 mi
- Plaid Cow: 3.6 mi
- The Hooded Witch: 3.9 mi
- Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower: 0.3 mi
- Old Well: 0.5 mi
- Bennett Place: 9.6 mi
- Boxyard RTP: 10.1 mi
- Fireside Farm & Sawmill: 10.3 mi
- William L. Hunt Arboretum: 1.3 mi
- Berryhill Rhododendron Bluffs: 1.7 mi
- Adams Tract: 1.7 mi
- Laurel Hill Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Parker Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Joseph Caldwell Monument: 0.5 mi
- Unsung Founders Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Hippol Castle: 1.1 mi
- Kemp Plummer Battle Bench: 1.1 mi
- Stone Knoll: 4.0 mi
- Iron Mine Hill: 1.9 mi
- High Hill: 2.9 mi
- McCauley Mount: 3.1 mi
- Nunn Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Stony Hill: 4.0 mi
- Ackland Art Museum: 0.5 mi
- Morehead Planetarium: 0.6 mi
- Carolina Basketball Museum: 0.7 mi
- Nasher Museum of Art: 9.5 mi
- The History Hub Museum: 10.5 mi
- Alumni Sculpture Garden: 0.5 mi
- Coker Arboretum: 0.6 mi
- Carrboro Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Poisonous Plant Garden: 1.2 mi
- Herb Garden: 1.2 mi
- Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 2.2 mi
- Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 2.2 mi
- White Oak Recreation Area: 11.8 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 16.8 mi
- Observation Platform: 20.9 mi
- Bobbit's Hole: 10.6 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 11.2 mi
- White Oak Beach: 11.6 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 11.6 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 12.5 mi
- Hollow Rock: 5.8 mi
- Kodak Rock: 10.4 mi
- Coon rock, Jumping rock: 11.7 mi
- Cedar Falls: 3.6 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 12.8 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 11.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sam W. Hitt Medicinal Plant Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | W 278° | 301 m | 21.6 mi |
| Bass Mountain | W 278° | 275 m | 19.3 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | NNW 340° | 261 m | 11.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 18° | 243 m | 24.4 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | NW 304° | 237 m | 7.2 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | NNW 343° | 234 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 326° | 232 m | 5.9 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | WSW 247° | 232 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
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 | 40 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chapel Hill 2 W, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel3,589 obs
- American Robin1,874 obs
- White-tailed Deer1,152 obs
- Green Anole1,058 obs
- Northern Cardinal936 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle845 obs
- Northern Mockingbird626 obs
- White-throated Sparrow566 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/971883467
Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 2 mi
- Research Triangle · 15 mi
- Raleigh · 24 mi
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