Park · North Carolina
Forest Hills Park
Forest Hills Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 42 m. The nearest named place is Merrimont Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Tar Heel Trace passes 2.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 42 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates35.74863, -77.94520
- 2.5 mi off the Tar Heel Trace
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Merrimont Park: 0.5 mi
- Greater Wilson Rotary Park: 0.8 mi
- Williams Day Camp: 0.8 mi
- Belle Meade Neighborhood Park: 0.8 mi
- Wilson Recreation Park Swimming Pool: 1.3 mi
Historic sites: 10
- Benjamin Farmer Revolutionary Soldier Monument: 2.4 mi
- Confederate Monument: 2.5 mi
- Old gas pump: 14.6 mi
- Nuclear Mishap: 14.8 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 16.7 mi
Museums: 8
- Imagination Station Science & History Museum: 2.6 mi
- Freeman Round House: 3.4 mi
- The Country Doctor Museum: 10.1 mi
- Country Doctor Museum: 10.2 mi
- Country Doctor Museum: 10.2 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Flower Hill Nature Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Wrc Micro Boat Access: 17.1 mi
- Claridge Forest Center: 22.3 mi
- Wrc Old Sparta Access Area: 22.4 mi
- Claridge Forest Center: 23.3 mi
Attractions: 6
- Whirligig: 8.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Kenly 95: 16.1 mi
- Vollmer Farms: 20.6 mi
- Fort Neroka: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Northbound Nash County Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Southbound Nash County Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- I-95 Northbound ─ Johnston County: 22.5 mi
- I-95 Southbound ─ Johnston County: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 1
- Azalea Gardens: 22.5 mi
Artworks: 1
- Boon Hill Gallery: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Little River Falls: 23.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilson 3 SW, 4 mi away.
- Green Anole5 obs
- North American Wheel Bug5 obs
- blue mistflower5 obs
- Carolina horsenettle4 obs
- Northern Mockingbird3 obs
- White-tailed Deer3 obs
- American pokeweed3 obs
- Yellow Garden Spider3 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 way/33109545
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