Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center
Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Knoll Cedars stands 4 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Frisco Bathhouse Sandy Bay Day Use Area, a attraction 1.3 miles away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway runs past it. 38 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
The story
town on Hatteras Island in Dare County, North Carolina
Wikidata Q993264, matched on coordinates and name (362 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Outer Banks Scenic Byway, National
- 27.7 mi off the Pamlico Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ocracoke Pony Pens Viewing Area · 15 mi
- Light Station · 22 mi
38 named places within 25 miles
- Creeds Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bare Hill: 2.5 mi
- Styron Hills: 9.5 mi
- Scrag Cedars: 14.0 mi
- The Knoll: 15.8 mi
- Frisco Bathhouse Sandy Bay Day Use Area: 1.3 mi
- Frisco Hatteras Access: 2.0 mi
- Graveyard Atlantic Museum and Ramp 55: 4.9 mi
- Fish Cleaning Station: 5.3 mi
- Ocracoke Pony Pens: 15.1 mi
- Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum: 4.9 mi
- Museum of the Sea: 5.5 mi
- Lost Colony Museum and Gifts: 6.3 mi
- Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum: 21.9 mi
- Ocracoke Watermen's Exhibit: 21.9 mi
- Old Lighthouse Beach: 6.0 mi
- Bald Beach: 14.7 mi
- Cape Hatteras Light Station: 5.5 mi
- Ocracoke Light Station: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoll Cedars | WSW 246° | 4 m | 16.5 mi |
| Creeds Hill | E 82° | 3 m | 2.4 mi |
| Bare Hill | WSW 243° | 3 m | 2.5 mi |
| Styron Hills | WSW 247° | 3 m | 9.5 mi |
| The Knoll | WSW 247° | 3 m | 15.8 mi |
| Parkers Hill | WSW 247° | 2 m | 16.8 mi |
| First Hammock Hills | WSW 246° | 2 m | 19.1 mi |
| Scrag Cedars | WSW 247° | 1 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 49 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 77 | 68 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/695954505
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- Ocracoke · 22 mi
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