North Carolina Fallen Firefighters
North Carolina Fallen Firefighters is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Nash Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 23 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2006-05-06
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 24.9 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 26.3 mi off the Blue-Gray Scenic Byway
- 26.4 mi off the Football Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Nash Square: 0.0 mi
- PNC Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Roofdeck Park: 0.3 mi
- Union Square: 0.3 mi
- Central Downtown Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Charles Aycock: 0.2 mi
- Worth Bagley: 0.2 mi
- George Washington: 0.3 mi
- Zebulon Baird Vance: 0.3 mi
- Charles Duncan McIver: 0.3 mi
- Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 0.9 mi
- Carousel: 1.2 mi
- Goodnights Comedy Club: 1.3 mi
- Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 1.6 mi
- North Raleigh Business Center: 4.3 mi
- Reid Wildflower Garden: 2.9 mi
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation: 4.7 mi
- Lake Wheeler: 7.0 mi
- Lake Benson: 7.5 mi
- Lake Johnson: 8.3 mi
- Raleigh Police Memorial: 0.1 mi
- North Carolina Veterans: 0.3 mi
- St. Anges Hospital: 1.2 mi
- Memorial Belltower: 1.3 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 1.6 mi
- City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum): 0.2 mi
- CAM Raleigh: 0.2 mi
- Raleigh Lace Museum and Kristin S Conrad Lace Center: 0.2 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Nature Research Center: 0.3 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: 0.4 mi
- Sun Sprouts: 0.4 mi
- Sunflower Field: 1.1 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 2.0 mi
- SOL Garden: 2.1 mi
- Cary Senior Center Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Blount Room: 0.4 mi
- Hargett Room: 0.4 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 1.2 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 4.3 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 9.1 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 19.9 mi
- White Oak Beach: 21.1 mi
- Poplar Point Beach: 21.5 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 22.0 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 22.2 mi
- Green Hill: 9.7 mi
- Adam Mountain: 12.0 mi
- High Hill: 23.0 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 23.3 mi
- Boothe Hill: 23.5 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 12.6 mi
- Hollow Rock: 24.7 mi
- Little River Falls: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Carolina Fallen Firefighters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Mountain | WNW 282° | 203 m | 23.3 mi |
| Boothe Hill | W 278° | 183 m | 23.5 mi |
| Adam Mountain | N 358° | 145 m | 12.0 mi |
| High Hill | WNW 285° | 144 m | 23.0 mi |
| Green Hill | NNE 22° | 136 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh State Univ, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1829200046
Day trips start here
- Raleigh · 3 mi
- Research Triangle · 11 mi
- Chapel Hill · 24 mi
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