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Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Preserve

Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Preserve from directly overhead

Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Kill Devil Hill stands 28 m to the southeast, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Kill Devil Hills Recreation Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Alligator River Route passes 6.4 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What to expect

Access
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How to reach it

Coordinates36.02516, -75.68387

Overlooks nearby

67 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
Historic sites: 11
  • Flight 4: 0.9 mi
  • Flight 3: 0.9 mi
  • Flight 2: 0.9 mi
  • Flight 1: 0.9 mi
  • First Flight Boulder: 0.9 mi
Peaks: 7
  • West Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Kill Devil Hills: 1.1 mi
  • Kill Devil Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Engagement Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Seven Sisters: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Theatre of Dare: 2.8 mi
  • Lost Colony House: 6.3 mi
  • The Mother Vine: 7.0 mi
  • Elizabeth II: 8.0 mi
  • Jumpmasters Trampoline Park: 9.1 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Currituck County US 158 Rest Area: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kill Devil HillSE 130°28 m1.2 mi
West HillSE 137°14 m0.8 mi
Three DunesNNW 340°9 m20.7 mi
Engagement HillSSE 151°6 m4.8 mi
Seven SistersSSE 148°5 m6.2 mi
Kill Devil HillsESE 120°2 m1.1 mi
Poyners HillNNW 340°2 m18.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4719:4520:24
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:1016:1316:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434551606776807874655548
Precip in3.83.23.82.93.54.55.35.64.53.22.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manteo AP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/32928999

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