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Wrc Lake Waccamaw Access Area

Wrc Lake Waccamaw Access Area from directly overhead

Wrc Lake Waccamaw Access Area is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Wolf Hill stands 29 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum, a museum 2.2 miles away. Green Swamp Byway passes 7.2 miles off. 42 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates34.30053, -78.55204

42 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 19
  • Campsite 3: 4.9 mi
  • Whiteville Recreation Park: 8.0 mi
  • Bolton Community Recreation Park: 8.1 mi
  • West Whiteville Park: 9.4 mi
  • Old Dock Community Park: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Peaks: 4
  • Myrtle Head: 11.5 mi
  • Lynn Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Sand Hill: 14.1 mi
  • Wolf Hill: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 3
  • Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum: 2.2 mi
  • North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville: 8.8 mi
  • Chadbourn Depot Museum: 15.9 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Williams Plantworks LLC: 12.4 mi
  • Hughes & Hughes Nursery: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wolf HillNW 312°29 m23.5 mi
Lynn HillWNW 284°26 m12.1 mi
Myrtle HeadSSE 160°13 m11.5 mi
Sand HillS 174°13 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:26
June solstice06:0319:5320:30
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
December solstice07:1716:3017:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653616976807873635346
Precip in3.53.33.73.54.24.65.35.96.63.53.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whiteville 7 NW, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/38583519

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