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Historic site · North Carolina

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. The nearest named place is The Society of the Cincinnati Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway runs past it. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

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
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What to expect

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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: 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: 30
Nature reserves: 30
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
Gardens: 23
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
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
Picnic sites: 4
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 13.8 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 13.8 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 23.6 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 7.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 24.6 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 MountainsWSW301 m21.1 mi
Stony Creek MountainWNW286 m21.3 mi
Bass MountainWSW275 m19.1 mi
Occoneechee MountainWSW261 m1.8 mi
Glenns MountainNE244 m16.8 mi
Red MountainNE243 m15.2 mi
Pickards MountainSSW237 m8.5 mi
Brown Elfin KnobSW234 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 way/947055803

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