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Billy Strayhorn

Billy Strayhorn from directly overhead

Billy Strayhorn is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Edmund Fanning, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Heritage Byway runs past it. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates36.07429, -79.09943

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mayo Park: 0.1 mi
  • River Park: 0.1 mi
  • Occaneechi Village Replica Site: 0.2 mi
  • Turnip Patch Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hillsborough Heights Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions: 37
Peaks: 34
  • Brown Elfin Knob: 1.1 mi
  • Occoneechee Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Poplar Ridge: 1.5 mi
  • Scarlett Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Currie Hill: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 30
Nature reserves: 30
Artworks: 24
  • River Park Arch: 0.1 mi
  • Belmont Dragon: 10.1 mi
  • Plaid Cow: 10.1 mi
  • James B. Duke: 10.3 mi
  • Pyramid Sculpture: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 22
Museums: 20
  • Orange County Historical Society: 0.2 mi
  • Mebane Historical Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Duke Homestead Tobacco Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography: 10.6 mi
  • Nasher Museum of Art: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Bobbit's Hole: 6.5 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 23.1 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 23.5 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 23.5 mi
  • Haw river beach: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 13.8 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 13.8 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 23.7 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 8.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cane Creek MountainsWSW301 m20.8 mi
Stony Creek MountainNW286 m21.1 mi
Bass MountainWSW275 m18.8 mi
Occoneechee MountainSW261 m1.5 mi
Glenns MountainNE244 m17.0 mi
Red MountainNE243 m15.4 mi
Pickards MountainSSW237 m8.4 mi
Brown Elfin KnobSW234 m1.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5519:28
June solstice06:0119:5920:37
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2416:2717:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350596674787670605043
Precip in3.43.34.23.93.84.24.23.85.63.33.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 11 W, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13588199397

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