CCC Ruins
CCC Ruins is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 524 m. Bull Mountain stands 977 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is CCC Lodge Ruins, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Hanging Rock Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The Civil Conservation Corps started work on a lodge for the park, but they never finished the structure due to the US entry into WWII. The ruins are what remains of the foundation.
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
- Rock Castle Gorge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Danbury Historic District: 3.6 mi
- Historic Rock House: 5.3 mi
- Hart's Access: 8.7 mi
- Walnut Cove Lions Park: 9.0 mi
- Germantown Park: 9.1 mi
- Cole Gap Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Hanging Rock: 0.7 mi
- Moores Knob: 1.0 mi
- Cooks Wall Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Ruben Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Rural Hall Depot Caboose: 10.4 mi
- Rural Hall Train Depot: 10.4 mi
- Horne Creek Historic Farm: 14.9 mi
- Hauser Farmhouse: 15.0 mi
- Wolff-Moser House: 15.2 mi
- CCC Lodge Ruins: 0.0 mi
- Stoneman's Raid: 3.6 mi
- Moratock Iron Furnace: 4.1 mi
- RM Collins Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Colonel Jack Martin Rock House: 5.3 mi
- Upper Casscades: 0.3 mi
- Tise falls: 0.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 0.6 mi
- Window Falls: 0.8 mi
- Lower Cascades: 1.6 mi
- Balanced Rock: 1.0 mi
- Carolina Ziplines Canopy Tour: 4.2 mi
- Browder Family Cemetery: 8.3 mi
- Jessup's Mill: 10.9 mi
- Mad Town Tubing: 17.3 mi
- Dan River Bends Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Dan River Ford Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Pitzer Road Public Fishing Area: 6.8 mi
- Ararat River Access: 16.8 mi
- Richmond Hill Nature Park: 21.1 mi
- Indian Face: 0.7 mi
- Moores Wall: 1.1 mi
- Cooks Wall: 1.4 mi
- Little Amphitheater: 12.6 mi
- Three Bears: 12.6 mi
- Balancing Act: 20.3 mi
- George Henry Black: 20.4 mi
- Stoneville Sign: 20.7 mi
- Coffee Pot: 20.8 mi
- Twin Arches: 21.3 mi
- Daylily Meadows: 10.7 mi
- The Kristin Hartz Garden: 22.4 mi
- Fishing Island Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
- Ivy Bluffs Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Magnolia Springs: 0.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of CCC Ruins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Mountain | N 6° | 977 m | 21.0 mi |
| Richwood Knob | N 6° | 977 m | 21.0 mi |
| The Knob | NNW 340° | 963 m | 23.5 mi |
| Stone Mountain | NNW 332° | 962 m | 24.6 mi |
| Hurricane Knob | NNW 335° | 944 m | 24.1 mi |
| Spoon Mountain | N 353° | 936 m | 22.6 mi |
| Greene Knob | NNW 333° | 934 m | 24.8 mi |
| Little Stone Mountain | NNW 332° | 926 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:30 | 17:10 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Mount Airy · 20 mi
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