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Latimer House Museum

Latimer House Museum from directly overhead

Latimer House Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 14 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.

What the record says

Elevation
14 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.23323, -77.94611

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Claude Howell Park: 0.2 mi
  • Water Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Story Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bijou Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites: 38
Attractions: 22
Museums: 13
Beaches: 7
  • Palm Tree Island: 7.9 mi
  • Masonboro Island Reserve: 9.4 mi
  • Freeman Park: 12.0 mi
  • Kure Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Bay Beach: 22.7 mi
Gardens: 6
  • The Transplanted Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Devon Park Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Harbor Way Gardens: 8.0 mi
  • Yahweh Garden: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Sand Hill: 11.9 mi
  • Sand Ball Hill: 13.7 mi
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Wynn Plaza Pavilion: 8.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillWSW 243°17 m11.9 mi
Sand Ball HillNNW 341°10 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:5119:24
June solstice06:0119:5120:28
September equinox07:0118:3719:10
December solstice07:1516:2817:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474955647178828075665650
Precip in3.83.54.03.14.55.76.98.28.74.73.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilmington Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367912238

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