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General Theophilus Hunter Holmes Confederate Memorial

General Theophilus Hunter Holmes Confederate Memorial from directly overhead

General Theophilus Hunter Holmes Confederate Memorial is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Cameron Hill stands 146 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Bluff Church Civil War Trails Marker, a historic site 1.9 miles away. Averasboro Battlefield Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.18507, -78.68969
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • J.O. Humpries Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Godwin Town Park: 2.3 mi
  • Wade Park: 3.0 mi
  • Averasboro Battleground Monument: 3.4 mi
  • Old Bluff at McAllister Farms Park: 3.4 mi
Museums: 21
  • Averasboro Battlefield Museum: 5.7 mi
  • General William C Lee Airborne Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Dunn Area History Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Clark Park Nature Center: 12.1 mi
  • Fascinate-U Children’s Museum: 14.0 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Historic sites: 13
Peaks: 9
  • Killens Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Hams Hill: 17.1 mi
  • Albama Hills: 19.2 mi
  • Spring Hill: 19.3 mi
  • Mathis Hill: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Boxcar: 9.6 mi
  • ZipQuest Waterfall Treetop Adventure: 9.8 mi
  • Clark Park Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Cape Fear River Trail: 12.2 mi
  • Cape Fear Botanical Garden: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Unity: 13.8 mi
  • Omega-Psi-Phi Monument: 13.9 mi
  • Delta-Sigma-Theta Memorial Well: 13.9 mi
  • Bronco Sculpture: 13.9 mi
  • Cook Quad Sculpture: 13.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Baskets & Flowers Greenhouses Inc.: 14.6 mi
  • Fayetteville Rose Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Raynor Shine Nursery: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Carvers Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Jumping Fish Falls: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Cumberland County I-95 Northbound Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Cumberland County I-95 Southbound Rest Area: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Mable C. Smith Picnic site: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Raven Rock: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of General Theophilus Hunter Holmes Confederate Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cameron HillWNW 286°146 m24.0 mi
Coolyconch MountainW 263°141 m21.8 mi
Holmes HillWNW 294°140 m21.8 mi
Albama HillsWNW 299°127 m19.2 mi
Fox HillWNW 292°126 m20.8 mi
Mathis HillWNW 291°122 m20.6 mi
Spring HillNW 311°105 m19.3 mi
Hams HillWNW 287°95 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0119:5620:33
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
December solstice07:2016:2817:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653627078818074635346
Precip in3.63.23.73.63.85.05.95.55.53.23.63.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dunn 4 NW, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/818282226

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