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Adams Tract

Adams Tract from directly overhead

Adams Tract is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles Herman Wilson Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Football Road passes 1.4 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates35.92336, -79.07433

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Charles Herman Wilson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Umstead Park: 0.6 mi
  • Umstead Park: 0.7 mi
  • Henry Baldwin Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sykes Street Playground: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 45
Nature reserves: 41
Peaks: 36
  • Iron Mine Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Stony Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Nunn Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 2.8 mi
  • McCauley Mount: 2.8 mi
Historic sites: 36
Gardens: 26
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 10
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 3.3 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 3.3 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 13.2 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 18.2 mi
  • Observation Platform: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Bobbit's Hole: 10.0 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 12.6 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 11.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Adams Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cane Creek MountainsW 275°301 m20.3 mi
Bass MountainW 275°275 m18.0 mi
Occoneechee MountainNNW 345°261 m9.9 mi
Red MountainNNE 22°243 m23.6 mi
Pickards MountainWNW 300°237 m5.5 mi
Brown Elfin KnobNNW 347°234 m9.9 mi
Bald MountainNNW 329°232 m4.2 mi
Terrells MountainSW 233°232 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5519:28
June solstice06:0119:5920:37
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2416:2717:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424451606876807872615144
Precip in3.42.83.93.63.54.44.13.84.43.23.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chapel Hill Williams AP, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/261158103

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