Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve-Museum
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Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve-Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Gaddys Mountain stands 165 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Campbell House Grounds, a park 1.8 miles away. Sandhills Scenic Drive passes 14 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve is a North Carolina state park in Moore County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Southern Pines, North Carolina, it covers 915 acres (3.70 km2) in the Sandhills region of the state. Weymouth Woods is the location of the oldest known longleaf pine tree on record, a tree that was cross-dated at 458 years old.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1963.
Wikidata Q7990374, matched on coordinates and name (18 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Sandhills Scenic Drive
- 17.9 mi off the Pottery Road
- 19.9 mi off the Indian Heritage Trail
- 26.0 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Campbell House Grounds: 1.8 mi
- Rainey Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Optimist Field: 2.9 mi
- Armory Park: 2.9 mi
- Sandstone Hill: 7.0 mi
- Johnson Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Blues Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Gaddys Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Finlayson Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Creation Museum: 2.3 mi
- Grist Mill: 2.5 mi
- Museum: 2.5 mi
- Union Station Railroad Museum: 3.5 mi
- James Rogers McConnell Air Museum: 13.6 mi
- Walthour-Moss Foundation Reserve: 3.6 mi
- Walthour-Moss Foundation Reserve: 5.8 mi
- Walthour-Moss Foundation Reserve: 6.3 mi
- Walthour-Moss Foundation Reserve: 7.3 mi
- Big Shoe Heel Creek Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Lt. Harley H. Pope: 20.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Iron Mike: 21.4 mi
- Aberdeen & Rockfish R.R. Co.: 3.5 mi
- Campfire Arena: 16.5 mi
- Ellerbe Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve-Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaddys Mountain | E 99° | 165 m | 10.2 mi |
| Johnson Mountain | E 93° | 162 m | 7.2 mi |
| Sandstone Hill | SSE 166° | 161 m | 7.0 mi |
| Blues Mountain | ESE 116° | 155 m | 8.5 mi |
| Finlayson Mountain | ESE 116° | 154 m | 11.3 mi |
| Cameron Hill | ENE 59° | 146 m | 17.8 mi |
| Round Top | NE 54° | 144 m | 16.1 mi |
| Coolyconch Mountain | E 91° | 141 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:58 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:31 | 17:10 |
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 | 42 | 44 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carthage WTP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2607411356
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