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Prairie Ridge Ecostation

Prairie Ridge Ecostation from directly overhead

Prairie Ridge Ecostation is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. Bald Mountain stands 232 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Ulau, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 19 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
NC Museum of Natural Sciences

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.81052, -78.71606

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Ulau: 0.6 mi
  • Union 060719: 0.6 mi
  • Ogromna: 0.6 mi
  • Large Spindle Piece: 0.6 mi
  • Rodin Garden: 0.6 mi
Parks
  • Wade Park: 0.8 mi
  • Inside Wade North Pocket Park: 1.1 mi
  • Inside Wade Van Page Park: 1.1 mi
  • Inside Wade South Pocket Park: 1.1 mi
  • Meredith College Greenway: 1.4 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Goodnights Comedy Club: 3.5 mi
  • Carousel: 3.6 mi
  • Hi-Tech Fabrication Inc: 5.1 mi
  • Air Purification: 5.2 mi
  • Ample Storage: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves: 50
Historic sites: 36
  • Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 3.2 mi
  • Nancy: 3.2 mi
  • Camp Craggy: 3.4 mi
  • Memorial Belltower: 3.4 mi
  • Lassiter Mill: 3.9 mi
Gardens: 33
Museums: 27
Peaks: 20
  • Green Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 10.4 mi
  • High Hill: 18.5 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 18.9 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.5 mi
  • Fountain Terrace: 3.6 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 4.8 mi
  • Blount Room: 5.0 mi
  • Hargett Room: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Crosswinds Beach: 16.3 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little River Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Moosejaw Falls: 22.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainWNW 297°232 m24.9 mi
Blackwood MountainWNW 300°224 m23.9 mi
Edwards MountainW 278°203 m18.9 mi
Couch MountainNW 313°193 m21.6 mi
Big HillWNW 295°191 m24.7 mi
Nunn MountainWNW 298°188 m21.1 mi
Stony HillWNW 293°186 m23.7 mi
McCauley MountWNW 284°185 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
December solstice07:2216:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424451616977807973625245
Precip in3.72.94.23.64.04.94.64.75.73.93.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh State Univ, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/207227510

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