Post Office and General Store
Post Office and General Store is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Knoll Cedars stands 4 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Portsmouth, a ghost town less than a tenth of a mile away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1909
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cape Lookout National Seashore
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Outer Banks Scenic Byway, National
- 26.5 mi off the Pamlico Scenic Byway
- 27.0 mi off the Alligator River Route
Overlooks nearby
- Light Station · 5 mi
- Ocracoke Pony Pens Viewing Area · 12 mi
52 named places within 25 miles
- Middle Community Ruins: 0.8 mi
- Fort Ocarcoke: 2.2 mi
- United States Coast Guard: 5.4 mi
- LT. Robert Maynard: 5.5 mi
- USRC Mercury: 5.5 mi
- Ocracoke Light Station: 5.2 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Reserve: 15.4 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Reserve: 15.9 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Reserve: 16.0 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Reserve: 16.7 mi
- Second Grass: 4.1 mi
- First Grass: 4.4 mi
- First Hammock Hills: 8.2 mi
- George Hills: 10.0 mi
- Parkers Hill: 10.6 mi
- Washington Roberts House: 0.1 mi
- Henry Pigott House: 0.2 mi
- Lionel and Elma Gilgo House: 0.2 mi
- Portsmouth Life-Saving Station: 0.4 mi
- Ocracoke Watermen's Exhibit: 5.5 mi
- Ocracoke Pony Pens: 12.2 mi
- Cedar Island Rentals: 14.7 mi
- Graveyard Atlantic Museum and Ramp 55: 22.4 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge: 15.7 mi
- Mariners: 22.4 mi
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge: 22.5 mi
- Cape Lookout beach camping: 14.2 mi
- Cedar Island Beach: 14.3 mi
- Portsmouth: 0.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Post Office and General Store. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoll Cedars | ENE 64° | 4 m | 10.8 mi |
| The Knoll | ENE 64° | 3 m | 11.5 mi |
| Styron Hills | ENE 64° | 3 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bare Hill | ENE 65° | 3 m | 24.8 mi |
| First Hammock Hills | ENE 63° | 2 m | 8.2 mi |
| Parkers Hill | ENE 63° | 2 m | 10.6 mi |
| First Grass | ENE 70° | 1 m | 4.4 mi |
| George Hills | SW 222° | 1 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:45 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:18 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 47 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 66 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ocracoke, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 78000267OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/424999139
Day trips start here
- Ocracoke · 6 mi
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