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Unity Monument

Unity Monument from directly overhead

Unity Monument is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Bass Mountain stands 275 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bennett Place, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Bennett Place Historic Site
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.02939, -78.97424

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • American Village Park: 0.4 mi
  • Morreene Road Park: 1.8 mi
  • Valley Springs Park: 1.9 mi
  • Belmont Lake: 2.0 mi
  • Duke Reclamation Pond: 2.3 mi
Artworks
  • Belmont Dragon: 2.6 mi
  • James B. Duke: 2.8 mi
  • Pyramid Sculpture: 3.0 mi
  • Sundial: 3.1 mi
  • Globe Sculpture: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves: 48
Attractions: 47
Peaks: 34
  • Huckleberry Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Couch Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Piney Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Poplar Ridge: 6.1 mi
  • Nunn Mountain: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 34
  • Ann Adams Zener Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Durham Pump Station: 2.4 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Craig Manor: 4.2 mi
  • Turtle: 4.5 mi
Gardens: 27
Museums: 22
Beaches: 9
  • Bobbit's Hole: 1.6 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 19.7 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 11.8 mi
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 11.8 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 16.4 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 20.2 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 1.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bass MountainWSW 256°275 m24.2 mi
Occoneechee MountainWNW 285°261 m8.5 mi
Glenns MountainNNE 14°244 m16.5 mi
Red MountainNNE 13°243 m15.0 mi
Pickards MountainWSW 246°237 m11.3 mi
Brown Elfin KnobWNW 287°234 m8.2 mi
Bald MountainWSW 244°232 m8.6 mi
Terrells MountainSW 224°232 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:28
June solstice06:0019:5920:37
September equinox07:0518:4119:14
December solstice07:2416:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674787670594942
Precip in4.02.94.53.73.85.24.25.24.73.43.63.3

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5562744529

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