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Kenan Memorial Fountain

Kenan Memorial Fountain from directly overhead

Kenan Memorial Fountain is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Cape Fear Historic Byway runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1921
Height
14'
Width
31'

How to reach it

Coordinates34.23577, -77.94332

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bicentennial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Story Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bijou Park: 0.4 mi
  • Water Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Claude Howell Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites: 37
Attractions: 22
Museums: 14
Beaches: 7
  • Palm Tree Island: 7.7 mi
  • Masonboro Island Reserve: 9.4 mi
  • Freeman Park: 12.2 mi
  • Kure Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Bay Beach: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 6
  • The Transplanted Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Devon Park Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Harbor Way Gardens: 7.9 mi
  • Yahweh Garden: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Sand Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Sand Ball Hill: 13.6 mi
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Wynn Plaza Pavilion: 8.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kenan Memorial Fountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillWSW 243°17 m12.1 mi
Sand Ball HillNNW 340°10 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:5119:24
June solstice06:0119:5020:28
September equinox07:0118:3719:10
December solstice07:1516:2817:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474955647178828075665650
Precip in3.83.54.03.14.55.76.98.28.74.73.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilmington Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2980208963

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