Historic site · North Carolina

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

8.1 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
13.9 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
17.4 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
19.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National

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

Artworks21

Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 10.8 mi
Four Trumpets: 13.7 mi
Amaryllis Architecturalis: 13.7 mi
Hurricane Bubba: 13.9 mi
Across the Grain: 14.0 mi

Museums18

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

Attractions14

Historic sites8

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

Nature reserves4

Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 0.3 mi
Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 4.0 mi
Hibriten Mountain: 15.4 mi
Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 20.5 mi

Cliffs4

Raven Cliff: 15.9 mi
Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 20.2 mi
Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 21.2 mi
Rattlesnake Cliffs: 22.5 mi

Rest areas4

Brown Mountain View: 16.2 mi
McDowell County Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 20.3 mi
Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 20.3 mi

Picnic sites3

Fox Den: 7.4 mi
Picnic Peninsula: 7.7 mi
Linville Falls Picnic Area: 21.4 mi

Beaches3

Swimming beach: 11.0 mi
Boat beach: 11.1 mi
Riverside Park Beach Access: 24.5 mi

Springs2

Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 13.5 mi
Gully Pipe: 13.7 mi

Gardens2

Beall Street Community Gardens: 13.9 mi
Mitchell Giving Gardens: 24.6 mi

Ghost towns1

Mortimer: 17.1 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Historic Town Limits. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Icy Knob	SSW 204°	918 m	10.2 mi
Hickory Knob	SSW 199°	907 m	9.5 mi
Propst Mountain	SSW 204°	905 m	9.9 mi
Buzzard Roost	SSW 201°	901 m	9.6 mi
Walker Top	SSW 196°	886 m	7.5 mi
Benn Knob	S 175°	882 m	12.6 mi
Rainbow Mountain	S 190°	874 m	9.6 mi
Hickorynut Mountain	S 188°	870 m	10.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:31	19:05	19:39
June solstice	06:12	20:09	20:47
September equinox	07:15	18:52	19:25
December solstice	07:34	16:38	17:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	39	42	49	58	66	73	77	75	69	59	48	41
Precip in	4.3	3.7	4.4	4.3	4.1	4.8	4.4	4.8	4.6	3.8	3.8	4.7

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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