Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a ghost town in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Knoll Cedars stands 4 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Post Office and General Store, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
former fishing and shipping village located on Portsmouth Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Outer Banks Scenic Byway, National
- 26.5 mi off the Pamlico Scenic Byway
- 27.0 mi off the Alligator River Route
Overlooks nearby
- Light Station · 5 mi
- Ocracoke Pony Pens Viewing Area · 12 mi
44 named places within 25 miles
- Middle Community Ruins: 0.8 mi
- Fort Ocarcoke: 2.2 mi
- United States Coast Guard: 5.4 mi
- LT. Robert Maynard: 5.5 mi
- USRC Mercury: 5.5 mi
- Second Grass: 4.1 mi
- First Grass: 4.4 mi
- First Hammock Hills: 8.2 mi
- George Hills: 10.0 mi
- Parkers Hill: 10.6 mi
- Post Office and General Store: 0.0 mi
- Washington Roberts House: 0.1 mi
- Henry Pigott House: 0.2 mi
- Lionel and Elma Gilgo House: 0.2 mi
- Portsmouth Life-Saving Station: 0.4 mi
- Ocracoke Light Station: 5.2 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Reserve: 15.4 mi
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge: 20.2 mi
- Swanquarter National Wilderness Area: 21.7 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge: 15.7 mi
- Mariners: 22.4 mi
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge: 22.5 mi
- Ocracoke Pony Pens: 12.2 mi
- Graveyard Atlantic Museum and Ramp 55: 22.4 mi
- Cape Lookout beach camping: 14.2 mi
- Cedar Island Beach: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Portsmouth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoll Cedars | ENE 64° | 4 m | 10.8 mi |
| The Knoll | ENE 64° | 3 m | 11.5 mi |
| Styron Hills | ENE 64° | 3 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bare Hill | ENE 65° | 3 m | 24.8 mi |
| First Hammock Hills | ENE 63° | 2 m | 8.2 mi |
| Parkers Hill | ENE 63° | 2 m | 10.6 mi |
| First Grass | ENE 70° | 1 m | 4.4 mi |
| George Hills | SW 222° | 1 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:45 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:18 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 47 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 66 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ocracoke, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Ocracoke · 6 mi
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