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HMT Bedfordshire Crew 1942

HMT Bedfordshire Crew 1942 from directly overhead

HMT Bedfordshire Crew 1942 is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Knoll Cedars stands 4 m to the east-northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is HMT Bedfordshire, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway runs past it. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What the record says

Inscription
These gravesites contain the bodies of four British seamen. Their ship, the armed trawler HMS Bedfordshire, sunk by German U-boat on May 11, 1942. Only four bodies were recovered. This cemetery is maintained by Ocracoke Coast Guard Station personnel.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates35.11667, -75.98075

Overlooks nearby

53 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 14
Peaks: 11
  • First Grass: 1.8 mi
  • Second Grass: 2.3 mi
  • First Hammock Hills: 2.6 mi
  • Parkers Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Knoll Cedars: 5.2 mi
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 5
  • Ocracoke Pony Pens: 6.6 mi
  • Graveyard Atlantic Museum and Ramp 55: 16.8 mi
  • Frisco Hatteras Access: 19.7 mi
  • Cedar Island Rentals: 20.2 mi
  • Frisco Bathhouse Sandy Bay Day Use Area: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Parks: 2
  • Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge: 21.5 mi
  • Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of HMT Bedfordshire Crew 1942. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Knoll CedarsENE 74°4 m5.2 mi
The KnollENE 72°3 m5.9 mi
Styron HillsENE 68°3 m12.2 mi
Bare HillENE 68°3 m19.2 mi
Creeds HillENE 69°3 m24.1 mi
First Hammock HillsE 79°2 m2.6 mi
Parkers HillENE 72°2 m5.0 mi
First GrassSSW 198°1 m1.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:16
June solstice05:5119:4520:22
September equinox06:5318:2919:02
December solstice07:0916:1716:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464752616976807975665650
Precip in4.14.04.33.83.84.25.07.47.45.24.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ocracoke, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/942152118

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