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Crooked Run Wildlife Management Area

Crooked Run Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Crooked Run Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 110 m. Ivy Hill stands 120 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Kerr Lake State Recreation Area, a park 1.7 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 3.5 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates36.38596, -78.42487

87 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • Kerr Lake State Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
  • Eaton-Johnson Park: 3.5 mi
  • Chestnut Street Park: 3.8 mi
  • Chestnut Street Park: 3.9 mi
  • Kings Daughters Park: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Attractions: 6
  • Granville Corn Maze: 13.8 mi
  • Joseph S. J. Tanner Environmental Education Center: 16.3 mi
  • Solitary Sentinel: 17.9 mi
  • Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House: 19.4 mi
  • Maze: 24.8 mi
Museums: 3
  • Henderson Institute Historical Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Clarksville Regional Museum: 18.1 mi
  • Prestwould Plantation: 19.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Dr. L. Julian Haywood: 14.7 mi
  • Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 18.0 mi
  • Confederate Memorial Drinking Fountain: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Osage Picnic Shelter: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • J. Stewart and Mary L. Green Wortham Memorial Gardens: 15.0 mi
  • Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 1
Peaks: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crooked Run Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillN 358°120 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5219:26
June solstice05:5719:5720:36
September equinox07:0218:3819:12
December solstice07:2216:2317:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350606875797771615043

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Henderson 4 NNE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/936972012

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