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Kelly Glen Park

Kelly Glen Park from directly overhead

Kelly Glen Park is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Pickards Mountain stands 237 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kelly Road Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Devil's Stompin' Ground Road passes 16 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.72987, -78.89298

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kelly Road Park: 0.1 mi
  • Seymour Athletic Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Green at Scotts Mill: 1.0 mi
  • Apex Dog Park: 1.1 mi
  • Playground: 1.4 mi
Artworks
  • Apex Art Installation: 4.2 mi
  • Curvaceous Kiss: 4.8 mi
  • Misting Sculpture: 6.4 mi
  • The Meeting Place: 7.2 mi
  • Suffolk Sheep: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 47
Nature reserves: 45
Historic sites: 34
  • American Eagle Flights 3378 and 3379 Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Battle of Morrisville Station: 7.4 mi
  • Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 8.5 mi
  • Collapsed Barn: 8.8 mi
  • Rollins Mill: 9.7 mi
Museums: 29
Gardens: 28
Peaks: 28
  • Boothe Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Red Hill: 11.9 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 11.9 mi
  • Burnett Mountain: 12.3 mi
  • High Hill: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Crosswinds Beach: 5.8 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 10.1 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 12.5 mi
  • Fountain Terrace: 13.3 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Moosejaw Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Jumping Fish Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 17.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kelly Glen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pickards MountainNW 317°237 m22.0 mi
Terrells MountainWNW 302°232 m18.0 mi
Bald MountainNW 324°232 m21.0 mi
Scarlett HillNNW 331°228 m23.2 mi
Blackwood MountainNNW 328°224 m20.6 mi
Collins MountainWNW 298°213 m20.3 mi
Currie HillNNW 329°212 m22.7 mi
Mitchell MountainNW 310°211 m25.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:28
June solstice06:0119:5820:36
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2216:2717:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606875797872615144
Precip in3.63.04.13.63.84.35.14.65.33.73.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apex, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/33111617

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