Burgwin - Wright House
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Burgwin - Wright House is a museum in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is To the Soldiers of the Confederacy, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Cape Fear Historic Byway runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
House museum in an 18th-century home featuring period furnishings & terraced gardens.
The story
Built in 1770, the Burgwin-Wright House is the only structure in Wilmington, North Carolina, from the colonial era open to the public. Built for merchant, planter and government official John Burgwin, all rooms are furnished with 18th and 19th century antiques and showcase hundreds of objects. Built on the original walls of a former city jail, c. 1744, it retains many vestiges of its previous incarnation such as outdoor and sub-basement jail cells and a freestanding kitchen house with a massive hearth. Occupying two acres, the colonial style gardens consist of seven distinct areas, including an orchard with pomegranate and fig trees, a kitchen garden and a rose garden.
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Wikidata Q29791439, matched on coordinates and name (31 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Cape Fear Historic Byway
- 10.8 mi off the Brunswick Town Road
- 22.4 mi off the Green Swamp Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Story Park: 0.2 mi
- Water Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Claude Howell Park: 0.2 mi
- Bijou Park: 0.3 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.3 mi
- To the Soldiers of the Confederacy: 0.1 mi
- Monument to Cornelius Harnett: 0.1 mi
- Kenan Memorial Fountain: 0.2 mi
- Orange Street Landing: 0.2 mi
- New Hanover County War Memorial: 4.0 mi
- One Tree Hill Nathan and Haley Place: 0.2 mi
- One Tree Hill Rivercourt: 0.3 mi
- One Tree Hill Institute: 0.4 mi
- USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial: 0.5 mi
- One Tree Hill Lucas Home: 1.2 mi
- Latimer House Museum: 0.1 mi
- Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts: 0.2 mi
- Cape Fear Museum: 0.5 mi
- Burnett-Eaton Museum Foundation 3.8 (9): 0.5 mi
- Wilmington Railroad Museum: 0.5 mi
- Palm Tree Island: 7.9 mi
- Masonboro Island Reserve: 9.5 mi
- Freeman Park: 12.2 mi
- Kure Beach: 17.3 mi
- Bay Beach: 22.9 mi
- The Transplanted Garden: 1.1 mi
- Devon Park Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 6.8 mi
- Harbor Way Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Yahweh Garden: 8.6 mi
- Barnes Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Kings Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Big Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Sand Hill: 12.0 mi
- Sand Ball Hill: 13.6 mi
- Bottle Chapel: 6.9 mi
- Wynn Plaza Pavilion: 8.7 mi
- Oak Island Lighthouse: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burgwin - Wright House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | WSW 243° | 17 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sand Ball Hill | NNW 341° | 10 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:51 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:28 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 75 | 66 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilmington Intl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/974385224
Day trips start here
- Wilmington · 2 mi
- Carolina Beach · 14 mi
- Kure Beach · 17 mi
- Southport · 22 mi
- Oak Island · 24 mi
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