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Cone Brothers

Cone Brothers from directly overhead

Cone Brothers is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 243 m. Shepherd Mountain stands 356 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is The Genesis Monument, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Football Road passes 3.3 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates36.08791, -79.78429

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fisher Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sternberger Park: 0.5 mi
  • Latham Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dogwood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Memorial Stadium Complex: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 44
Artworks: 44
  • Daydreamers At Play: 0.6 mi
  • Modern Love: Celebrating Greensboro’s African American Modernist Architects: 0.6 mi
  • Metaphor: 0.8 mi
  • Where We Met: 0.9 mi
  • Jim Melvin: 1.0 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Cane Creek Mountains: 21.8 mi
  • Stony Creek Mountain: 23.3 mi
  • Bass Mountain: 23.9 mi
  • Caraway Mountain: 24.0 mi
  • Back Creek Mountain: 24.5 mi
Gardens: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Restored Caboose: 19.5 mi
  • The Big Chair: 21.9 mi
  • Railcar: 21.9 mi
  • Mad Town Tubing: 22.8 mi
  • Faith Rock: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 14.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shepherd MountainSSW356 m24.8 mi
Caraway MountainSSW350 m24.0 mi
Back Creek MountainS331 m24.5 mi
Cane Creek MountainsESE301 m21.8 mi
Hedrick MountainS294 m24.8 mi
Stony Creek MountainENE286 m23.3 mi
Bass MountainESE275 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:31
June solstice06:0320:0220:40
September equinox07:0818:4419:18
December solstice07:2716:2917:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404451606875807771605043
Precip in3.22.63.73.63.35.15.84.54.43.23.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greensboro WTP, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13069220609

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