Stone Knoll
Stone Knoll is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas Lloyd Marker, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Football Road passes 2.4 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Football Road
- 3.0 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 8.6 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 15.7 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 9 mi
- #12 Racecar · 9 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 9 mi
- Trading Path View · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Della Street Park: 1.1 mi
- Henry Anderson III Community Park: 1.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 1.5 mi
- Twin Creeks Park: 1.5 mi
- Bel Arbor Neighborhood Park: 2.0 mi
- The Hooded Witch: 2.5 mi
- Bolin Creek Trail: 3.0 mi
- Exhale: 3.5 mi
- Tatanka: 4.1 mi
- Plaid Cow: 5.5 mi
- Old Well: 3.8 mi
- Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower: 4.0 mi
- Fireside Farm & Sawmill: 6.4 mi
- Bennett Place: 9.7 mi
- 11-foot-8 Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Adams Tract: 2.3 mi
- Keith Arboretum: 2.4 mi
- University Lake: 2.6 mi
- University Lake: 2.8 mi
- Orange County Parks Operations Base: 3.1 mi
- Stony Hill: 0.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 0.6 mi
- Big Hill: 1.5 mi
- Iron Mine Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Thomas Lloyd Marker: 0.3 mi
- Unsung Founders Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Joseph Caldwell Monument: 3.7 mi
- Hippol Castle: 4.6 mi
- Kemp Plummer Battle Bench: 4.6 mi
- Winmore Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Carrboro Community Garden at MLK, Jr. Park: 1.4 mi
- HOPE Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Carrboro Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Alumni Sculpture Garden: 3.7 mi
- Ackland Art Museum: 3.6 mi
- Morehead Planetarium: 3.8 mi
- Carolina Basketball Museum: 4.7 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- Nasher Museum of Art: 10.9 mi
- Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 5.0 mi
- Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 5.0 mi
- White Oak Recreation Area: 15.0 mi
- Observation Platform: 17.6 mi
- Shelter #3: 18.9 mi
- Bobbit's Hole: 10.2 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 14.1 mi
- White Oak Beach: 14.8 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 15.0 mi
- Haw river beach: 15.0 mi
- Hollow Rock: 6.4 mi
- Coon rock, Jumping rock: 8.6 mi
- Kodak Rock: 10.0 mi
- Cedar Falls: 4.3 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 15.0 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 11.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stone Knoll. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | W 271° | 301 m | 18.3 mi |
| Bass Mountain | W 271° | 275 m | 16.0 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | N 355° | 261 m | 8.4 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 28° | 243 m | 23.4 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | WNW 300° | 237 m | 3.2 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | N 358° | 234 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 356° | 232 m | 2.4 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | SSW 212° | 232 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 11 W, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9530321423
Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 4 mi
- Research Triangle · 18 mi
- Raleigh · 27 mi
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