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Court of North Carolina

Court of North Carolina from directly overhead

Court of North Carolina is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 116 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Yarbrough Court, a park 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 22 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
116 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.78625, -78.66634

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mary Yarbrough Court: 0.1 mi
  • Compeigne Park: 0.1 mi
  • Gardner Arboretum: 0.1 mi
  • NC State Memorial Bell Tower: 0.2 mi
  • Stafford Commons: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 51
  • Goodnights Comedy Club: 0.4 mi
  • Carousel: 0.5 mi
  • Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 2.4 mi
  • Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 2.9 mi
  • North Raleigh Business Center: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Historic sites: 30
Gardens: 30
Peaks: 13
  • Green Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 11.5 mi
  • High Hill: 21.6 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 21.9 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Fountain Terrace: 0.4 mi
  • Blount Room: 1.8 mi
  • Hargett Room: 1.8 mi
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.3 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Crosswinds Beach: 18.7 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 19.8 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little River Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Moosejaw Falls: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Court of North Carolina. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Edwards MountainW 281°203 m21.9 mi
Couch MountainNW 311°193 m24.8 mi
Nunn MountainWNW 299°188 m24.4 mi
Boothe HillW 277°183 m22.1 mi
Red HillW 267°183 m24.4 mi
Burnett MountainW 268°183 m24.6 mi
Bennett MountainW 276°167 m24.3 mi
Iron Mine HillWNW 294°159 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2216:2617:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424451616977807973625245
Precip in3.72.94.23.64.04.94.64.75.73.93.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh State Univ, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,733 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee1,419 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,136 obs
  • American Robin901 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle738 obs
  • Green Anole554 obs
  • Northern Cardinal490 obs
  • Canada Goose471 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/244563054

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