Chinqua Penn Plantation Historical Landmark
Chinqua Penn Plantation Historical Landmark is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 279 m. Chestnut Knob stands 448 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is H.K. Griggs Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 9.0 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 279 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Football Road
- 29.6 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- H.K. Griggs Park: 2.1 mi
- Wentworth Park: 2.3 mi
- Glendale Park: 2.5 mi
- Courtland Park: 2.8 mi
- Rockingham County Veterans Park: 2.9 mi
- Veterns Memorial: 4.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 14.3 mi
- The Villages Monument: 18.3 mi
- Regulars' Monument: 18.9 mi
- Stuart Monument: 19.0 mi
- Stoneville Sign: 12.8 mi
- Alligator: 19.0 mi
- Daydreamers At Play: 21.6 mi
- Modern Love: Celebrating Greensboro’s African American Modernist Architects: 21.6 mi
- The Sundial: 21.7 mi
- Museum and Archives of Rockingham County: 4.1 mi
- Eden Historical Museum: 8.1 mi
- Lawson Family Murder Museum: 14.5 mi
- Greensboro Science Center: 19.1 mi
- Richmond-Miles History Museum: 20.3 mi
- Boyd Mountain: 13.1 mi
- Drag Mountain: 13.5 mi
- Cedder Mountain: 13.7 mi
- Judy Byrd Mountain: 14.7 mi
- Stills Mountain: 15.1 mi
- Brush: 20.3 mi
- Botanical Garden: 21.5 mi
- Duneleith Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- Black Diamond Backyard: 22.0 mi
- The Community Garden at FBC: 22.1 mi
- Leaksville Boating Access: 6.9 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 17.1 mi
- Provincetown Forest: 19.1 mi
- T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Natural Area: 20.5 mi
- Pitzer Road Public Fishing Area: 24.9 mi
- Mad Town Tubing: 14.2 mi
- Family Fun Zone: 20.6 mi
- Restored Caboose: 24.9 mi
- Danville Welcome Center: 22.7 mi
- Alamance County Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Alamance County Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Union St. Overlook Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Main St. Plaza Pergula: 22.3 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chinqua Penn Plantation Historical Landmark. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Knob | NW 323° | 448 m | 19.9 mi |
| Nance Mountain | NNW 344° | 399 m | 24.0 mi |
| Holt Mountain | NW 313° | 372 m | 17.8 mi |
| Dug Mountain | NNW 328° | 364 m | 21.2 mi |
| Glady Fork Mountain | N 2° | 334 m | 24.5 mi |
| Cedder Mountain | WNW 283° | 308 m | 13.7 mi |
| Stony Creek Mountain | ESE 121° | 286 m | 18.6 mi |
| Sheffield Hill | NNW 329° | 284 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reidsville 2 NW, under a mile away.
- bloodroot11 obs
- Pond Slider7 obs
- mayapple7 obs
- mountain laurel7 obs
- North American Luna Moth6 obs
- eastern redbud6 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral6 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357770563
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