Hippol Castle
Hippol Castle is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kemp Plummer Battle Bench, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Football Road passes 2.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
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Wikidata Q7100495, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Football Road
- 7.3 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 7.4 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 11 mi
- #12 Racecar · 11 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 11 mi
- Trading Path View · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Grove: 0.4 mi
- Emily Braswell Perry Park: 0.4 mi
- Parker Community Park: 0.6 mi
- Greendale Park: 0.7 mi
- Oakwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Tatanka: 0.9 mi
- Exhale: 1.2 mi
- Bolin Creek Trail: 1.5 mi
- Plaid Cow: 2.7 mi
- The Hooded Witch: 4.8 mi
- Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower: 0.8 mi
- Old Well: 0.9 mi
- Bennett Place: 8.8 mi
- Boxyard RTP: 9.2 mi
- 11-foot-8 Bridge: 9.3 mi
- William L. Hunt Arboretum: 1.4 mi
- Laurel Hill Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Parker Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Adams Tract: 2.3 mi
- Berryhill Rhododendron Bluffs: 2.7 mi
- Kemp Plummer Battle Bench: 0.0 mi
- Unsung Founders Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Joseph Caldwell Monument: 0.9 mi
- Stone Knoll: 4.6 mi
- Thomas Lloyd Marker: 4.7 mi
- Iron Mine Hill: 2.2 mi
- Nunn Mountain: 3.0 mi
- High Hill: 3.2 mi
- McCauley Mount: 4.1 mi
- Stony Hill: 4.5 mi
- Morehead Planetarium: 0.8 mi
- Carolina Basketball Museum: 0.9 mi
- Ackland Art Museum: 1.1 mi
- Nasher Museum of Art: 8.5 mi
- The History Hub Museum: 9.5 mi
- Coker Arboretum: 0.8 mi
- Poisonous Plant Garden: 0.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 0.9 mi
- Alumni Sculpture Garden: 1.0 mi
- Sam W. Hitt Medicinal Plant Garden: 1.1 mi
- Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 3.0 mi
- Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 3.0 mi
- White Oak Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 16.0 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 20.8 mi
- Bobbit's Hole: 9.9 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 11.7 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 11.8 mi
- White Oak Beach: 11.9 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 12.9 mi
- Hollow Rock: 5.0 mi
- Kodak Rock: 9.7 mi
- Coon rock, Jumping rock: 11.7 mi
- Cedar Falls: 3.0 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 13.5 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 10.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hippol Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | W 276° | 301 m | 22.5 mi |
| Bass Mountain | W 277° | 275 m | 20.2 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | NNW 335° | 261 m | 11.4 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 17° | 243 m | 23.7 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | WNW 297° | 237 m | 7.8 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | NNW 337° | 234 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 316° | 232 m | 6.1 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | WSW 247° | 232 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chapel Hill Williams AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/44342804
Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 1 mi
- Research Triangle · 14 mi
- Raleigh · 23 mi
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