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Regulator Monument

Regulator Monument from directly overhead

Regulator Monument is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. Colonial Heritage Byway runs past it. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Inscription: ON THIS SPOT WERE HANGED / BY ORDER OF A TORY COURT / JUNE 19, 1771 / MERRILL, MESSER, MATTER, PUGH / AND TWO OTHER REGULATORS / PLACED BY / THE DURHAM - ORANGE COMMITTEE / NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY / COLONIAL DAMES IN AMERICA / APRIL, 1963
Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates36.07535, -79.09437

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • River Park: 0.3 mi
  • Occaneechi Village Replica Site: 0.3 mi
  • Mayo Park: 0.3 mi
  • Turnip Patch Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hillsborough Heights Park: 1.3 mi
Attractions: 41
Nature reserves: 38
Peaks: 34
  • Poplar Ridge: 1.3 mi
  • Brown Elfin Knob: 1.4 mi
  • Occoneechee Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Scarlett Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Currie Hill: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 31
Gardens: 24
Artworks: 24
  • River Park Arch: 0.3 mi
  • Belmont Dragon: 9.9 mi
  • James B. Duke: 10.1 mi
  • Plaid Cow: 10.1 mi
  • Pyramid Sculpture: 10.4 mi
Museums: 20
  • Orange County Historical Society: 0.3 mi
  • Mebane Historical Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Duke Homestead Tobacco Museum: 10.1 mi
  • Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography: 10.3 mi
  • Nasher Museum of Art: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 13.8 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 13.8 mi
  • Shelter #3: 20.2 mi
  • Shelter #2: 20.3 mi
  • Shelter #4: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Bobbit's Hole: 6.2 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 23.1 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 23.5 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 23.5 mi
  • Haw river beach: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 24.6 mi
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 7.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cane Creek MountainsWSW 245°301 m21.1 mi
Stony Creek MountainWNW 303°286 m21.3 mi
Bass MountainWSW 242°275 m19.1 mi
Occoneechee MountainWSW 238°261 m1.8 mi
Glenns MountainNE 40°244 m16.8 mi
Red MountainNE 41°243 m15.2 mi
Pickards MountainSSW 205°237 m8.5 mi
Brown Elfin KnobSW 233°234 m1.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5519:28
June solstice06:0119:5920:37
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2416:2717:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350596674787670605043
Precip in3.43.34.23.93.84.24.23.85.63.33.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 11 W, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8766485219

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