Museum of Coastal Carolina
Museum of Coastal Carolina is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of -6 m. Sand Hill stands 13 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Center Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Green Swamp Byway passes 13 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
natural history museum in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
Dates from 1991-05-25.
Wikidata Q6940803, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Green Swamp Byway
- 29.4 mi off the Brunswick Town Road
128 named places within 25 miles
- Town Center Park: 0.1 mi
- Sunset Beach Park: 4.3 mi
- Shallotte Township Park: 5.3 mi
- Shallotte Township District Park: 5.6 mi
- Sailfish Park: 5.9 mi
- Ocean Isle Beach: 0.2 mi
- Bald Beach: 4.2 mi
- Big Beach: 5.2 mi
- Holden Beach: 7.7 mi
- Waites Island Beach: 8.4 mi
- Enr Esturine Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Bird Island Reserve: 5.8 mi
- Heritage Shores Nature Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Wrc Sunset Harbor Access-Lockwood Folly: 13.0 mi
- Wrc Sunset Harbor Access-Lockwood Folly: 13.0 mi
- Buoy 1: 23.0 mi
- Buoy 2: 23.0 mi
- Battery Shipp: 23.4 mi
- Battery Bagley: 23.5 mi
- Battery Swift: 23.7 mi
- The Swamp Patk Zip Line and ATV Center: 3.9 mi
- T.I.G.E.R.S. Presevation Station: 18.8 mi
- Extreme Laser Tag Center: 21.9 mi
- The Carolina Opry: 23.1 mi
- Pirates Voyage: 23.1 mi
- Old Bridge Museum: 4.5 mi
- North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum: 14.5 mi
- North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport: 24.0 mi
- Fort Johnston: 24.0 mi
- Fly-Trap Farm: 8.8 mi
- Hughes & Hughes Nursery: 11.0 mi
- Williams Plantworks LLC: 17.2 mi
- Caswell Avenue Community Garden: 23.7 mi
- Star Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Big Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Barnes Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Sand Hill: 15.4 mi
- Myrtle Head: 17.9 mi
- Oak Island Lighthouse: 22.9 mi
- Bald Head Lighthouse: 24.9 mi
- OIB Sign: 0.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Coastal Carolina. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | NNW 340° | 13 m | 15.4 mi |
| Myrtle Head | N 351° | 13 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:52 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:31 | 17:09 |
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 | 46 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 9.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shallotte AG, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1085640406
Day trips start here
- Oak Island · 18 mi
- Southport · 24 mi
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