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Wrc Elwell"S Access Area

Wrc Elwell"S Access Area from directly overhead

Wrc Elwell"S Access Area is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Susies Hill stands 28 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Kings Bluff, a cliff 6.7 miles away. Green Swamp Byway passes 6.8 miles off. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates34.47339, -78.36880

44 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • Singletary Lake State Park: 10.0 mi
  • Bolton Community Recreation Park: 10.7 mi
  • Moores Creek National Battlefield: 14.7 mi
  • Greene's Lake Park: 15.4 mi
  • Browns Creek Park: 15.7 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Cliffs: 5
Peaks: 4
  • Susies Hill: 19.9 mi
  • Sand Ball Hill: 20.0 mi
  • Myrtle Head: 23.7 mi
  • Lynn Hill: 23.9 mi
Museums: 2
  • Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum: 13.7 mi
  • North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Susies HillNNW 334°28 m19.9 mi
Lynn HillWSW 248°26 m23.9 mi
Myrtle HeadSSW 196°13 m23.7 mi
Sand Ball HillE 100°10 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5219:25
June solstice06:0219:5320:30
September equinox07:0218:3919:12
December solstice07:1716:2917:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754627078817974645447

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moores Creek NB, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/38586549

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