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Pearl Mill Nature Preserve

Pearl Mill Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Pearl Mill Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Occoneechee Mountain stands 261 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 3.2 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.00940, -78.90337

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • George Watts Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Old North Durham Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bay Hargrove Park: 0.5 mi
  • Trinity Park: 0.5 mi
  • Central Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 52
  • 11-foot-8 Bridge: 0.8 mi
  • Mercury Rocket: 1.4 mi
  • Sheep: 1.5 mi
  • Donkey: 1.5 mi
  • Parasaurolophus: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves: 48
Historic sites: 41
  • Turtle: 0.6 mi
  • Cardinal: 0.6 mi
  • Major the bull: 0.9 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Peace Pole: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 33
Peaks: 33
  • Huckleberry Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Couch Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Piney Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Nunn Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Poplar Ridge: 10.3 mi
Museums: 26
Beaches: 9
  • Bobbit's Hole: 5.5 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 19.0 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 12.6 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 13.0 mi
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 17.9 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 4.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pearl Mill Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Occoneechee MountainWNW 287°261 m12.7 mi
Glenns MountainN 0°244 m17.4 mi
Red MountainN 358°243 m16.0 mi
Pickards MountainWSW 258°237 m14.7 mi
Brown Elfin KnobWNW 288°234 m12.4 mi
Bald MountainW 259°232 m11.9 mi
Terrells MountainWSW 236°232 m17.8 mi
Scarlett HillW 276°228 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:28
June solstice06:0019:5820:36
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2316:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674787670594942
Precip in4.02.94.53.73.85.24.25.24.73.43.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1287815997

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