LT. Robert Maynard
LT. Robert Maynard is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Knoll Cedars stands 4 m to the east-northeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is USRC Mercury, 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
- Of the Royal Navy. Sent by Gov. Spotswood of Virginia, in the sloop "Ranger," killed the pirate Blackbeard off shore, 1718.
How to reach it
- On the Outer Banks Scenic Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Pamlico Scenic Byway
- 25.8 mi off the Alligator River Route
Overlooks nearby
- Light Station · 1 mi
- Ocracoke Pony Pens Viewing Area · 7 mi
53 named places within 25 miles
- USRC Mercury: 0.0 mi
- United States Coast Guard: 0.1 mi
- Historic Civil War Marker: 0.1 mi
- HMT Bedfordshire: 0.3 mi
- HMT Bedfordshire Crew 1942: 0.3 mi
- First Grass: 1.7 mi
- Second Grass: 2.2 mi
- First Hammock Hills: 2.9 mi
- Parkers Hill: 5.2 mi
- Knoll Cedars: 5.5 mi
- Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum: 0.1 mi
- Ocracoke Watermen's Exhibit: 0.2 mi
- Portsmouth Life-Saving Station: 5.2 mi
- Henry Pigott House: 5.3 mi
- Lionel and Elma Gilgo House: 5.4 mi
- Ocracoke Light Station: 0.5 mi
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge: 19.7 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Reserve: 20.7 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Reserve: 21.0 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Reserve: 21.3 mi
- Ocracoke Pony Pens: 6.8 mi
- Graveyard Atlantic Museum and Ramp 55: 17.1 mi
- Cedar Island Rentals: 19.9 mi
- Frisco Hatteras Access: 19.9 mi
- Frisco Bathhouse Sandy Bay Day Use Area: 20.7 mi
- Cedar Island Beach: 19.5 mi
- Cape Lookout beach camping: 19.6 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge: 21.2 mi
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge: 22.8 mi
- Portsmouth: 5.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of LT. Robert Maynard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoll Cedars | ENE 74° | 4 m | 5.5 mi |
| The Knoll | ENE 72° | 3 m | 6.2 mi |
| Styron Hills | ENE 69° | 3 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bare Hill | ENE 69° | 3 m | 19.4 mi |
| Creeds Hill | ENE 69° | 3 m | 24.3 mi |
| First Hammock Hills | E 79° | 2 m | 2.9 mi |
| Parkers Hill | ENE 73° | 2 m | 5.2 mi |
| First Grass | S 190° | 1 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:45 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
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 | 46 | 47 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 66 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ocracoke, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8720924866
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- Ocracoke · 1 mi
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