Durant Nature Preserve
Durant Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 87 m. Couch Mountain stands 193 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. North Durham Country Byway passes 20 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 22.1 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Football Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Dunberry Park: 1.2 mi
- Oakboro Park: 1.2 mi
- Oakboro Park: 1.3 mi
- Summerton Park: 1.3 mi
- Cokesbury Park: 1.8 mi
- Wolf Head: 2.1 mi
- Gallery C: 8.0 mi
- Welcome to Raleigh Y'all: 8.4 mi
- Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation: 8.5 mi
- Charles Duncan McIver: 8.5 mi
- North Raleigh Business Center: 4.4 mi
- Storage Sense: 6.7 mi
- Piper Lights Display: 7.3 mi
- Goodnights Comedy Club: 8.4 mi
- Hi-Tech Fabrication Inc: 8.7 mi
- Reid Wildflower Garden: 8.0 mi
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation: 9.4 mi
- Hwy 98 Waterfowl Impoundment: 10.7 mi
- Falls Lake: 11.0 mi
- Robertson Millpond Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Eiffel Tower Replica: 2.0 mi
- Lassiter Mill: 5.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial of Wake Forest: 6.2 mi
- St. Anges Hospital: 7.9 mi
- North Carolina Veterans: 8.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.8 mi
- St. Catherine of Siena Memorial Garden: 6.5 mi
- Performance Garden: 7.9 mi
- Walker Garden: 7.9 mi
- Sun Sprouts: 8.5 mi
- Little House Museum and Gallery: 7.5 mi
- Wake Forest Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
- North Carolina Museum of History: 8.4 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: 8.4 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Nature Research Center: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 2.2 mi
- Hargett Room: 8.6 mi
- Blount Room: 8.6 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 9.1 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 9.7 mi
- Green Hill: 0.9 mi
- Adam Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 23.2 mi
- Piney Mountain: 24.6 mi
- Couch Mountain: 24.8 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 4.2 mi
- Hollow Rock: 24.3 mi
- Kodak Rock: 24.8 mi
- I-85, Northbound - Granville County: 23.7 mi
- I-85, Southbound - Granville County: 23.9 mi
- Little River Falls: 14.0 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 23.6 mi
- Bobbit's Hole: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Durant Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Couch Mountain | WNW 291° | 193 m | 24.8 mi |
| Adam Mountain | NW 317° | 145 m | 5.3 mi |
| Green Hill | NNE 21° | 136 m | 0.9 mi |
| Piney Mountain | WNW 285° | 136 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Lake, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/33078875
Day trips start here
- Raleigh · 6 mi
- Research Triangle · 12 mi
- Chapel Hill · 25 mi
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