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Roberts Chapel Conservation Area

Roberts Chapel Conservation Area from directly overhead

Roberts Chapel Conservation Area is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Occoneechee Mountain stands 261 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Butner Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.7 miles away. North Durham Country Byway passes 4.1 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tar River Land Conservancy
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.19630, -78.76482

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Camp Butner Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
  • Knapp of Reeds Waterfowl Impoundment: 4.7 mi
  • Lake Michie - Duke University Rowing: 5.3 mi
  • Lake Michie Boating Area: 5.3 mi
  • Lake Michie Overlook Park: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 38
Nature reserves: 28
  • Picture Branch Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Ledge Creek Forest Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
  • Ledge Creek Forest Conservation Area: 3.0 mi
  • Upper Brickhouse Rd Waterfowl Impoundment: 5.7 mi
  • Lower Brickhouse Rd Waterfowl Impoundment: 6.1 mi
Historic sites: 25
  • Castle Mont Rouge: 8.8 mi
  • Durham Pump Station: 14.4 mi
  • Turtle: 15.5 mi
  • Cardinal: 15.5 mi
  • Major the bull: 15.8 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Belmont Dragon: 14.8 mi
  • Sundial: 15.0 mi
  • Globe Sculpture: 15.0 mi
  • Pyramid Sculpture: 15.2 mi
  • Old Durham Mural: 15.4 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Hub Farm: 11.2 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Wild Hearts Garden & Park: 15.2 mi
  • Peace Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Grace Garden: 15.5 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Glenns Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • Red Mountain: 8.9 mi
  • Huckleberry Hill: 15.3 mi
  • Couch Mountain: 17.8 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 18.1 mi
Museums: 11
  • Stagville State Historic Site: 6.6 mi
  • Boars Nest a Dukes of Hazzard Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography: 11.9 mi
  • Museum of Life and Science: 13.8 mi
  • Duke Homestead Tobacco Museum: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Pavillion: 20.9 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 22.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Bobbit's Hole: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Occoneechee MountainWSW 245°261 m22.0 mi
Glenns MountainWNW 301°244 m8.8 mi
Red MountainWNW 290°243 m8.9 mi
Brown Elfin KnobWSW 245°234 m21.5 mi
Bald MountainSW 232°232 m24.7 mi
Scarlett HillWSW 237°228 m21.9 mi
Blackwood MountainSW 231°224 m23.2 mi
Poplar RidgeWSW 243°223 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:27
June solstice05:5919:5820:36
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2316:2517:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394250596875797771605043
Precip in3.32.84.63.73.55.04.34.84.33.23.43.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxford AG, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1376199446

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