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U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers

U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers from directly overhead

U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Knoll Cedars stands 4 m to the east-northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ocracoke Lighthouse, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway runs past it. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What the record says

Inscription
Loop Shack Hill Advanced Amphibious Training Base, Ocracoke (AATB) December 1943 to January 1946

How to reach it

Coordinates35.10634, -75.96882

Overlooks nearby

52 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 11
  • First Grass: 1.6 mi
  • Second Grass: 2.1 mi
  • First Hammock Hills: 2.3 mi
  • Parkers Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Knoll Cedars: 4.9 mi
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Attractions: 5
  • Ocracoke Pony Pens: 6.2 mi
  • Graveyard Atlantic Museum and Ramp 55: 16.5 mi
  • Frisco Hatteras Access: 19.3 mi
  • Frisco Bathhouse Sandy Bay Day Use Area: 20.1 mi
  • Cedar Island Rentals: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 2
Parks: 2
  • Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge: 21.6 mi
  • Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Knoll CedarsENE 63°4 m4.9 mi
The KnollENE 63°3 m5.6 mi
Styron HillsENE 64°3 m11.8 mi
Bare HillENE 66°3 m18.8 mi
Creeds HillENE 67°3 m23.7 mi
First Hammock HillsENE 58°2 m2.3 mi
Parkers HillENE 61°2 m4.6 mi
First GrassSW 230°1 m1.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:5119:4520:22
September equinox06:5318:2919:02
December solstice07:0916:1716:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464752616976807975665650
Precip in4.14.04.33.83.84.25.07.47.45.24.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ocracoke, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8720924870

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