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Panther Branch Natural Area

Panther Branch Natural Area from directly overhead

Panther Branch Natural Area is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Dam, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Eno River Association
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.10212, -79.14990

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fairview Park: 2.3 mi
  • Hillsborough Heights Park: 2.3 mi
  • Murray Street Park: 2.8 mi
  • Turnip Patch Park: 3.0 mi
  • Mayo Park: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves: 35
Peaks: 34
  • Occoneechee Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Brown Elfin Knob: 3.3 mi
  • Poplar Ridge: 4.9 mi
  • Scarlett Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Currie Hill: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 33
Historic sites: 29
Artworks: 22
Gardens: 22
Museums: 19
  • Orange County Historical Society: 3.3 mi
  • Mebane Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Haw River Historical Assoc. Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Duke Homestead Tobacco Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 16.3 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 16.3 mi
  • Shelter #3: 18.0 mi
  • Shelter #4: 18.1 mi
  • Shelter #2: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Bobbit's Hole: 9.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Panther Branch Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cane Creek MountainsSW 236°301 m19.2 mi
Stony Creek MountainNW 304°286 m17.7 mi
Bass MountainSW 232°275 m17.5 mi
Occoneechee MountainSSE 150°261 m3.2 mi
Glenns MountainNE 52°244 m17.7 mi
Red MountainNE 54°243 m16.2 mi
Pickards MountainS 183°237 m9.6 mi
Brown Elfin KnobSE 143°234 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5519:29
June solstice06:0119:5920:38
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2416:2717:06

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12569775938

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