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Prairie Island / Carolina Xeriscape

Prairie Island / Carolina Xeriscape from directly overhead

Prairie Island / Carolina Xeriscape is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Occoneechee Mountain stands 261 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Victory Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Coordinates35.98945, -78.90681

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Orchard Park: 0.2 mi
  • Diamond View Park: 0.3 mi
  • Carroll Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Black Wall Street Gardens: 0.5 mi
  • Forest Hills Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 50
  • 11-foot-8 Bridge: 0.7 mi
  • Mercury Rocket: 2.8 mi
  • Sheep: 2.8 mi
  • Donkey: 2.9 mi
  • Parasaurolophus: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves: 48
Historic sites: 41
  • Major the bull: 0.6 mi
  • Cardinal: 0.8 mi
  • Turtle: 0.8 mi
  • Peace Pole: 1.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.2 mi
Gardens: 33
Peaks: 33
  • Huckleberry Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Couch Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Piney Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Nunn Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Iron Mine Hill: 10.0 mi
Museums: 28
Beaches: 9
  • Bobbit's Hole: 6.2 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 17.6 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 19.5 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 11.7 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 11.9 mi
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 17.7 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 5.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie Island / Carolina Xeriscape. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Occoneechee MountainWNW 293°261 m13.0 mi
Glenns MountainN 1°244 m18.8 mi
Red MountainN 358°243 m17.3 mi
Pickards MountainW 263°237 m14.2 mi
Brown Elfin KnobWNW 294°234 m12.7 mi
Bald MountainW 265°232 m11.5 mi
Terrells MountainWSW 240°232 m16.9 mi
Scarlett HillWNW 283°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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/858704426

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