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Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 70 m. Morrow Mountain stands 276 m to the north, 19 miles off. Grassy Island Crossing passes 0.3 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
70 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.08348, -80.04978

Overlooks nearby

Around it

128 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
Peaks: 33
  • Ingram Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Clark Mountain: 9.8 mi
  • Morgan Mountain: 11.7 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Shelter Mountain: 13.7 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Museums: 13
  • Ansonville Historical Society Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Mt Gilead Museum Foundation: 9.4 mi
  • Town Creek Indian Mound Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Rankin Museum of American Heritage: 16.2 mi
  • Oakboro Railroad Museum: 18.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
Rest areas: 1
  • Ellerbe Rest Area: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Uwharrie Falls: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morrow MountainN 353°276 m18.7 mi
Jenny Wright MountainNNE 16°271 m24.0 mi
Shingle Trap MountainN 1°258 m22.2 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 355°257 m19.6 mi
Hattaway MountainN 355°254 m20.2 mi
Buck MountainN 7°254 m22.5 mi
Cottonstone MountainNNE 23°253 m24.4 mi
Lick MountainN 5°250 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5919:32
June solstice06:0720:0120:38
September equinox07:0918:4519:19
December solstice07:2516:3417:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424553627077817973635245
Precip in4.13.23.83.43.34.45.24.84.73.83.63.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wadesboro, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357800525

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