Cone Brothers
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
- 3.3 mi off the Football Road
- 10.8 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 27.9 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- The Genesis Monument: 0.4 mi
- Confederate Hospital: 0.9 mi
- February One: 1.0 mi
- Sit-ins: 1.1 mi
- Mount Helca Mill: 1.1 mi
- 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
- Greensboro History Museum: 0.9 mi
- Miriam P. Brenner Children's Museum: 0.9 mi
- International Civil Rights Center & Museum: 1.2 mi
- Blandwood Mansion: 1.4 mi
- Weatherspoon Art Museum: 1.9 mi
- 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
- Duneleith Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Black Diamond Backyard: 1.2 mi
- The Community Garden at FBC: 1.4 mi
- UNCG Garden: 1.7 mi
- Ivy Gardens: 5.0 mi
- 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
- Shelter #4: 20.1 mi
- Shelter #2: 20.2 mi
- Shelter #1: 20.2 mi
- Shelter #3: 20.2 mi
- Observation Platform: 22.4 mi
- T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Natural Area: 0.5 mi
- Provincetown Forest: 2.0 mi
- Pinecroft Lake Park: 5.0 mi
- Allen Jay Park: 14.6 mi
- Alamance County Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Mountain | SSW 202° | 356 m | 24.8 mi |
| Caraway Mountain | SSW 194° | 350 m | 24.0 mi |
| Back Creek Mountain | S 188° | 331 m | 24.5 mi |
| Cane Creek Mountains | ESE 116° | 301 m | 21.8 mi |
| Hedrick Mountain | S 184° | 294 m | 24.8 mi |
| Stony Creek Mountain | ENE 62° | 286 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bass Mountain | ESE 114° | 275 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:02 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:29 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greensboro WTP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13069220609
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