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Historic Town Limits

Historic Town Limits from directly overhead

Historic Town Limits is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 359 m. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is East Union Street Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 8.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Boundary of 1846 - Town Limits of Morganton
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.74686, -81.68161

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Union Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • McCombs Park: 0.2 mi
  • Collett Street Recreation Center: 0.6 mi
  • Martha's Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cascade Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • McGalliard Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Shoal Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Little River Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Big Bear Falls: 10.2 mi
Artworks: 23
Museums: 18
  • Historic Burke County Courthouse: 0.3 mi
  • Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 0.4 mi
  • History Museum of Burke County: 0.4 mi
  • Waldensian Heritage Museum: 6.6 mi
  • Hudson Depot Museum: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 15
Historic sites: 8
  • Historic Town Limit: 0.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 11.4 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 16.9 mi
  • Marion Veteran Memorial: 18.9 mi
  • Old Hickory Tavern: 19.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Brown Mountain View: 16.2 mi
  • Observation Deck: 16.5 mi
  • McDowell County Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 20.3 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 20.3 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Fox Den: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Peninsula: 7.7 mi
  • Linville Falls Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Beaches: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Community Gardens: 13.3 mi
  • Beall Street Community Gardens: 13.9 mi
  • Mitchell Giving Gardens: 24.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 13.5 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Historic Town Limits. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Icy KnobSSW 204°918 m10.2 mi
Hickory KnobSSW 199°907 m9.5 mi
Propst MountainSSW 204°905 m9.9 mi
Buzzard RoostSSW 201°901 m9.6 mi
Walker TopSSW 196°886 m7.5 mi
Benn KnobS 175°882 m12.6 mi
Rainbow MountainS 190°874 m9.6 mi
Hickorynut MountainS 188°870 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1220:0920:47
September equinox07:1518:5219:25
December solstice07:3416:3817:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394249586673777569594841
Precip in4.33.74.44.34.14.84.44.84.63.83.84.7

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9550944116

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