Green Swamp Preserve
Green Swamp Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Student Center Park, a park 3.6 miles away. Green Swamp Byway passes 2.3 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Green Swamp Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Brunswick Town Road
- 19.9 mi off the Cape Fear Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Student Center Park: 3.6 mi
- Lockwood Folly Township Park: 4.0 mi
- Lockwoods Folly Township Park: 4.1 mi
- Ev-Henwood Nature Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Town Creek Park: 10.4 mi
- Wrc Sunset Harbor Access-Lockwood Folly: 11.6 mi
- Wrc Sunset Harbor Access-Lockwood Folly: 11.6 mi
- Wrc Town Creek Access Area: 11.7 mi
- Oak Island Nature Center: 14.3 mi
- Enr Esturine Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Russellborough Foundation Ruins: 18.0 mi
- Russellborough Kitchen Foundation Ruins: 18.0 mi
- St. Philips Church Ruin: 18.1 mi
- McCorkall-Fergus Foundation Ruins: 18.2 mi
- Hepburn-Reanolds Foundation Ruins: 18.2 mi
- The Swamp Patk Zip Line and ATV Center: 14.7 mi
- Brunswick Nature Park: 16.0 mi
- Orton Plantation: 17.8 mi
- Thor: 17.9 mi
- USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Museum of Coastal Carolina: 16.9 mi
- North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport: 18.0 mi
- Fort Johnston: 18.0 mi
- Old Bridge Museum: 20.2 mi
- Latimer House Museum: 20.6 mi
- Holden Beach: 12.2 mi
- Long Beach: 13.3 mi
- Big Beach: 13.4 mi
- Oak Island Cabana: 14.6 mi
- Ocean Isle Beach: 17.1 mi
- Oak Island Lighthouse: 18.5 mi
- Bald Head Lighthouse: 20.8 mi
- Supply Shed: 20.8 mi
- Captain Charlie’s I: 23.5 mi
- Cape Fear Lighthouse Foundation: 23.5 mi
- Fly-Trap Farm: 8.3 mi
- Williams Plantworks LLC: 16.2 mi
- Caswell Avenue Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Hughes & Hughes Nursery: 19.4 mi
- The Transplanted Garden: 21.4 mi
- Sand Hill: 8.7 mi
- Myrtle Head: 13.6 mi
- Sand Hill: 15.3 mi
- Barnes Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Big Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Kings Bluff: 21.9 mi
- OIB Sign: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Green Swamp Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | NE 56° | 17 m | 8.7 mi |
| Myrtle Head | WNW 288° | 13 m | 13.6 mi |
| Sand Hill | W 273° | 13 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:51 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:30 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 9.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shallotte AG, 13 mi away.
- spoonleaf sundew84 obs
- Venus flytrap83 obs
- yellow pitcher plant82 obs
- purple pitcher plant49 obs
- Pink Sundew42 obs
- orange milkwort33 obs
- sweet pitcher plant28 obs
- Palamedes Swallowtail19 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/38583386
Day trips start here
- Oak Island · 14 mi
- Southport · 18 mi
- Carolina Beach · 21 mi
- Kure Beach · 21 mi
- Wilmington · 22 mi
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