- Elevation, modelled
- 86 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Edwards Mountain203 m · 21.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Blue-Gray Scenic Byway24.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:35local time
- Coordinates
- 35.6925, -78.7098
Lake Wheeler is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled 86 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Wheeler Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Blue-Gray Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Wheeler. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Mountain | WNW 299° | 203 m | 21.9 mi |
| Boothe Hill | WNW 296° | 183 m | 21.6 mi |
| Red Hill | WNW 283° | 183 m | 22.5 mi |
| Burnett Mountain | WNW 284° | 183 m | 22.9 mi |
| Lambeth Mountain | WNW 285° | 177 m | 23.9 mi |
| Bennett Mountain | WNW 293° | 167 m | 23.6 mi |
| Adam Mountain | N 11° | 145 m | 18.2 mi |
| High Hill | WNW 303° | 144 m | 22.0 mi |
- 24.3 mi off the Blue-Gray Scenic Byway
- 25.3 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 25.8 mi off the Football Road
- 26.3 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Wheeler Park: 0.7 mi
- Historic Yates Mill County Park: 2.2 mi
- A E Finley Education & Research Center: 2.3 mi
- Crowder Park: 3.1 mi
- Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Wake County Speedway Podium: 2.0 mi
- Whirligigs: 3.4 mi
- Suffolk Sheep: 3.4 mi
- Suffolk Sheep: 3.4 mi
- Suffolk Sheep: 3.4 mi
- Lake Benson: 4.7 mi
- Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Blue Pond Tiger Salamander Natural Area: 5.5 mi
- Lake Johnson: 6.0 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 7.2 mi
- Randleigh Dairy Heritage Museum: 2.7 mi
- CAM Raleigh: 6.9 mi
- Pope House Museum: 6.9 mi
- City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum): 7.1 mi
- Raleigh Lace Museum and Kristin S Conrad Lace Center: 7.1 mi
- Garner Veterans' Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Nancy: 6.3 mi
- Memorial Belltower: 7.0 mi
- North Carolina Fallen Firefighters: 7.0 mi
- Raleigh Police Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Rocket Box Bat House: 4.6 mi
- Chimney Swift Tower: 4.6 mi
- Carousel: 6.6 mi
- Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 6.7 mi
- Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 6.9 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 5.6 mi
- Sunflower Field: 6.2 mi
- SOL Garden: 6.7 mi
- Sun Sprouts: 7.3 mi
- Cary Senior Center Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 4.7 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 6.6 mi
- Blount Room: 7.2 mi
- Hargett Room: 7.2 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 12.7 mi
- Green Hill: 16.6 mi
- Adam Mountain: 18.2 mi
- Boothe Hill: 21.6 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 21.9 mi
- High Hill: 22.0 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 16.4 mi
- White Oak Beach: 17.5 mi
- Poplar Point Beach: 17.6 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 17.7 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 18.3 mi
- Jumping Fish Falls: 18.4 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 21.9 mi
- Little River Falls: 22.0 mi
- Raven Rock: 18.8 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 19.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh 4 SW, 3 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Research Triangle · 14 mi
- Chapel Hill · 25 mi
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