- Elevation, modelled
- 144 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Cane Creek Mountains301 m · 21.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Football Road2.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 35.9139, -79.0505
Morehead Planetarium is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled 144 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Unsung Founders Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Football Road passes 2.1 miles off. 161 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
Dates from 1949-05-10.
Wikidata Q6911256, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morehead Planetarium. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | W 276° | 301 m | 21.7 mi |
| Bass Mountain | W 277° | 275 m | 19.4 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | NNW 339° | 261 m | 11.0 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 19° | 243 m | 23.8 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | WNW 299° | 237 m | 7.0 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | NNW 341° | 234 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 321° | 232 m | 5.5 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | WSW 243° | 232 m | 7.3 mi |
- 2.1 mi off the Football Road
- 6.6 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 7.8 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 15.1 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 11 mi
- #12 Racecar · 11 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 11 mi
- Trading Path View · 12 mi
161 named places within 25 miles
Attractions: 47
- Old Well: 0.1 mi
- Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower: 0.4 mi
- Bennett Place: 9.0 mi
- 11-foot-8 Bridge: 9.8 mi
- Boxyard RTP: 10.0 mi
Historic sites: 40
- Unsung Founders Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Joseph Caldwell Monument: 0.1 mi
- Hippol Castle: 0.8 mi
- Kemp Plummer Battle Bench: 0.8 mi
- Stone Knoll: 3.8 mi
Peaks: 36
- Iron Mine Hill: 1.5 mi
- Nunn Mountain: 2.8 mi
- High Hill: 3.4 mi
- McCauley Mount: 3.4 mi
- Stony Hill: 3.8 mi
Museums: 28
- Ackland Art Museum: 0.3 mi
- Carolina Basketball Museum: 1.1 mi
- Nasher Museum of Art: 9.0 mi
- The History Hub Museum: 10.0 mi
- Duke Homestead Tobacco Museum: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 8
- Bobbit's Hole: 10.0 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 11.8 mi
- White Oak Beach: 12.1 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 12.1 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Cedar Falls: 3.0 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 13.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 2 mi
- Research Triangle · 15 mi
- Raleigh · 24 mi
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