Laurel Hill Nature Preserve
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Laurel Hill Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 117 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Parker Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Football Road passes 3.6 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Football Road
- 8.4 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 8.7 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 13 mi
- #12 Racecar · 13 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 13 mi
- Trading Path View · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oakwood Park: 1.4 mi
- Parker Community Park: 1.6 mi
- Merritt's Pasture: 1.6 mi
- Memorial Grove: 1.7 mi
- Jones Park: 1.7 mi
- Exhale: 2.4 mi
- Tatanka: 2.5 mi
- Bolin Creek Trail: 2.9 mi
- Plaid Cow: 3.9 mi
- The Hooded Witch: 5.5 mi
- Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower: 1.8 mi
- Old Well: 2.1 mi
- Boxyard RTP: 8.6 mi
- Phillips Farms: 9.6 mi
- 11-foot-8 Bridge: 9.9 mi
- Parker Preserve: 0.6 mi
- William L. Hunt Arboretum: 0.7 mi
- Berryhill Rhododendron Bluffs: 3.2 mi
- University Lake: 3.5 mi
- University Lake: 3.5 mi
- Kemp Plummer Battle Bench: 1.6 mi
- Hippol Castle: 1.6 mi
- Joseph Caldwell Monument: 2.1 mi
- Unsung Founders Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Collapsed Barn: 4.5 mi
- High Hill: 1.9 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Iron Mine Hill: 3.6 mi
- McCauley Mount: 4.4 mi
- Nunn Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Carolina Basketball Museum: 1.1 mi
- Morehead Planetarium: 2.1 mi
- Ackland Art Museum: 2.2 mi
- Nasher Museum of Art: 9.2 mi
- The History Hub Museum: 10.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 0.8 mi
- Poisonous Plant Garden: 0.8 mi
- Sam W. Hitt Medicinal Plant Garden: 1.9 mi
- Coker Arboretum: 2.1 mi
- Alumni Sculpture Garden: 2.2 mi
- Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 2.5 mi
- Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 2.6 mi
- White Oak Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 15.2 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 19.5 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 10.2 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 10.2 mi
- White Oak Beach: 10.4 mi
- Bobbit's Hole: 11.2 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 11.4 mi
- Hollow Rock: 6.3 mi
- Kodak Rock: 11.0 mi
- Coon rock, Jumping rock: 13.3 mi
- Cedar Falls: 4.5 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 12.2 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 11.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laurel Hill Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | W 280° | 301 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bass Mountain | W 281° | 275 m | 21.0 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | NNW 336° | 261 m | 13.0 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 14° | 243 m | 25.0 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | NW 304° | 237 m | 9.0 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | NNW 338° | 234 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 320° | 232 m | 7.6 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | WSW 258° | 232 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chapel Hill 2 W, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 3 mi
- Research Triangle · 13 mi
- Raleigh · 22 mi
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