- Elevation, modelled
- 105 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Edwards Mountain203 m · 23.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Colonial Heritage Byway23.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:35local time
- Coordinates
- 35.7822, -78.6393
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled 105 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is North Carolina Museum of History, a museum 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 23 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
North Carolina’s state museum for science and nature, located in Raleigh
Dates from 1879.
Wikidata Q2483656, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Fee
- No
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Mountain | W 281° | 203 m | 23.5 mi |
| Boothe Hill | W 278° | 183 m | 23.7 mi |
| Adam Mountain | N 357° | 145 m | 11.7 mi |
| High Hill | WNW 285° | 144 m | 23.1 mi |
| Green Hill | NNE 21° | 136 m | 9.3 mi |
- 23.3 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 24.7 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 26.5 mi off the Football Road
- 26.5 mi off the Blue-Gray Scenic Byway
118 named places within 25 miles
- Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 1.0 mi
- Goodnights Comedy Club: 1.2 mi
- Carousel: 1.4 mi
- Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 1.7 mi
- North Raleigh Business Center: 4.0 mi
- North Carolina Veterans: 0.1 mi
- Raleigh Police Memorial: 0.3 mi
- North Carolina Fallen Firefighters: 0.4 mi
- St. Anges Hospital: 1.0 mi
- Memorial Belltower: 1.4 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 20.1 mi
- White Oak Beach: 21.3 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 22.3 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 22.4 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 22.8 mi
- Green Hill: 9.3 mi
- Adam Mountain: 11.7 mi
- High Hill: 23.1 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 23.5 mi
- Boothe Hill: 23.7 mi
- Little River Falls: 16.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Raleigh · 3 mi
- Research Triangle · 11 mi
- Chapel Hill · 24 mi
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