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Castle Mont Rouge

Castle Mont Rouge from directly overhead

Castle Mont Rouge is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Occoneechee Mountain stands 261 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away. North Durham Country Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.23960, -78.91301

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • DeeDee & Jarvis Park: 0.4 mi
  • Helena Park: 4.0 mi
  • Lake Michie Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
  • Wilkins Road Park: 5.2 mi
  • Wilkins Road Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 31
Nature reserves: 30
  • Roberts Chapel Conservation Area: 8.8 mi
  • Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment: 9.3 mi
  • Upper Brickhouse Rd Waterfowl Impoundment: 10.3 mi
  • Picture Branch Nature Preserve: 10.4 mi
  • Lower Brickhouse Rd Waterfowl Impoundment: 10.7 mi
Historic sites: 26
  • Veterans Memorial: 11.6 mi
  • Abandoned Tobacco Barn and Homestead: 12.2 mi
  • Durham Pump Station: 12.6 mi
  • Ann Adams Zener Memorial: 14.0 mi
  • Unity Monument: 14.9 mi
Peaks: 22
  • Red Mountain: 0.1 mi
  • Glenns Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Huckleberry Hill: 14.1 mi
  • Poplar Ridge: 15.0 mi
  • Couch Mountain: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 22
Artworks: 19
  • Belmont Dragon: 14.7 mi
  • Sundial: 15.2 mi
  • Globe Sculpture: 15.3 mi
  • Pyramid Sculpture: 15.4 mi
  • River Park Arch: 15.5 mi
Museums: 13
  • Boars Nest a Dukes of Hazzard Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Stagville State Historic Site: 9.3 mi
  • Person County Museum of History: 11.5 mi
  • Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography: 11.8 mi
  • Duke Homestead Tobacco Museum: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Bobbit's Hole: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Occoneechee MountainSW 224°261 m16.9 mi
Glenns MountainNNE 24°244 m1.6 mi
Red MountainWNW 297°243 m0.1 mi
Pickards MountainSW 216°237 m23.5 mi
Brown Elfin KnobSW 223°234 m16.5 mi
Bald MountainSSW 211°232 m21.4 mi
Scarlett HillSW 214°228 m18.0 mi
Blackwood MountainSSW 209°224 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:28
June solstice05:5919:5920:37
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2416:2517:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394149586674787670594842
Precip in4.02.94.34.03.74.43.83.85.23.63.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roxboro 7 ESE, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/8146634371

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