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Wrc Cape Fear Access Area

Wrc Cape Fear Access Area from directly overhead

Wrc Cape Fear Access Area is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Wolf Hill stands 29 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. Meteor Lakes Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates34.63223, -78.60404

52 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 25
  • Quail Circle Mini-Park: 1.0 mi
  • Browns Creek Park: 1.8 mi
  • Greene's Lake Park: 2.0 mi
  • Bladen County Park: 3.9 mi
  • Jones Lake State Park: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 4
  • North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville: 21.9 mi
  • Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum: 22.1 mi
  • Robeson County History Museum: 23.0 mi
  • Chadbourn Depot Museum: 24.9 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Susies Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Wolf Hill: 16.1 mi
  • Lynn Hill: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wrc Cape Fear Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wolf HillWSW 244°29 m16.1 mi
Susies HillNNE 34°28 m8.3 mi
Lynn HillSSW 204°26 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:26
June solstice06:0319:5420:31
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
December solstice07:1816:2917:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653627077817974635346
Precip in3.73.53.93.64.05.15.36.66.93.73.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethtown, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/38586465

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