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Orange County Parks Operations Base

Orange County Parks Operations Base from directly overhead

Orange County Parks Operations Base is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackwood Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Orange County
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.97818, -79.07945

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Twin Creeks Park: 1.8 mi
  • Homestead Park: 1.9 mi
  • Della Street Park: 2.4 mi
  • North Forest Hills Park: 2.5 mi
  • Blackwood Farm Park: 2.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 45
Nature reserves: 41
Peaks: 37
  • Blackwood Mountain: 0.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Big Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Nunn Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Currie Hill: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 32
Gardens: 24
Museums: 24
Picnic sites: 9
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 7.1 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 7.1 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 17.0 mi
  • Observation Platform: 19.4 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Bobbit's Hole: 7.1 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 16.4 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 8.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Orange County Parks Operations Base. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cane Creek MountainsW 264°301 m20.0 mi
Bass MountainW 263°275 m17.8 mi
Occoneechee MountainNNW 338°261 m6.2 mi
Glenns MountainNNE 27°244 m21.9 mi
Red MountainNNE 27°243 m20.3 mi
Pickards MountainWSW 257°237 m4.6 mi
Brown Elfin KnobNNW 342°234 m6.2 mi
Bald MountainW 264°232 m1.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5519:28
June solstice06:0119:5920:37
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2416:2717:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350596674787670605043
Precip in3.43.34.23.93.84.24.23.85.63.33.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 11 W, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/683711354

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