Indigo Plantation Marsh Preserve
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Indigo Plantation Marsh Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Alvin C. Caviness Memorial Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Brunswick Town Road passes 9.5 miles off.
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Brunswick Town Road
- 15.2 mi off the Green Swamp Byway
- 20.0 mi off the Cape Fear Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Alvin C. Caviness Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Keziah Park: 0.8 mi
- Franklin Square Park: 0.8 mi
- Waterfront Park: 0.9 mi
- Fort Johnston-Southport Museum & Visitors' Center: 0.9 mi
- Buoy 1: 1.9 mi
- Buoy 2: 1.9 mi
- Battery Shipp: 2.0 mi
- Battery Bagley: 2.1 mi
- Battery Caswell: 2.1 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport: 0.9 mi
- Fort Johnston: 0.9 mi
- Fort Fisher Historic Museum: 7.5 mi
- North Carolina Military History Museum: 7.9 mi
- Federal Point History Center: 11.5 mi
- Caswell Beach: 2.0 mi
- Oak Island Cabana: 4.8 mi
- Bay Beach: 4.9 mi
- East Beach: 5.8 mi
- Long Beach: 7.0 mi
- Oak Island Lighthouse: 1.9 mi
- Bald Head Lighthouse: 3.7 mi
- Supply Shed: 3.7 mi
- Captain Charlie’s I: 6.4 mi
- Cape Fear Lighthouse Foundation: 6.4 mi
- Caswell Avenue Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Fly-Trap Farm: 17.2 mi
- The Transplanted Garden: 22.3 mi
- Devon Park Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 23.4 mi
- Barnes Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Big Bluff: 3.0 mi
- OIB Sign: 23.3 mi
- Bottle Chapel: 23.5 mi
- Sand Hill: 17.2 mi
- Wynn Plaza Pavilion: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Indigo Plantation Marsh Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | NNW 341° | 17 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:50 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:29 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 57 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southport 5 N, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/38583534
Day trips start here
- Southport · 1 mi
- Oak Island · 6 mi
- Kure Beach · 9 mi
- Carolina Beach · 11 mi
- Wilmington · 22 mi
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