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Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve

Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Terrells Mountain stands 232 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Swift Tower, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Football Road passes 21 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates35.72488, -78.78514

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stevens Nature Center: 0.2 mi
  • Harold D Ritter Park: 0.3 mi
  • Regency Park: 0.6 mi
  • Koka Booth Amphitheatre: 0.7 mi
  • Symphony Lake: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • Suffolk Sheep: 1.5 mi
  • Suffolk Sheep: 1.5 mi
  • Suffolk Sheep: 1.5 mi
  • Suffolk Sheep: 1.5 mi
  • Suffolk Sheep: 1.5 mi
Attractions: 49
Nature reserves: 45
Historic sites: 34
  • Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 5.4 mi
  • Battle of Morrisville Station: 7.1 mi
  • Nancy: 7.3 mi
  • Memorial Belltower: 8.0 mi
  • American Eagle Flights 3378 and 3379 Memorial: 8.0 mi
Gardens: 31
Museums: 31
Peaks: 20
  • Boothe Hill: 16.8 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 17.1 mi
  • Green Hill: 17.1 mi
  • High Hill: 17.2 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 4.6 mi
  • Fountain Terrace: 7.8 mi
  • Blount Room: 9.1 mi
  • Hargett Room: 9.2 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Crosswinds Beach: 11.9 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Moosejaw Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Jumping Fish Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 21.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Terrells MountainWNW 295°232 m23.5 mi
Blackwood MountainNW 317°224 m24.6 mi
Edwards MountainWNW 299°203 m17.1 mi
Couch MountainNNW 330°193 m23.8 mi
Big HillNW 312°191 m24.7 mi
Nunn MountainNW 317°188 m21.7 mi
Stony HillNW 311°186 m23.5 mi
McCauley MountWNW 303°185 m21.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2216:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414350596775797771605044
Precip in3.52.94.03.73.74.65.34.85.63.53.53.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cary, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Little Brown Jugs202 obs
  • Common Raccoon192 obs
  • dimpled trout lily189 obs
  • Christmas fern177 obs
  • umbrella magnolia160 obs
  • American beech149 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty135 obs
  • bloodroot131 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/33111670

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