Fort Macon State Park
Fort Macon State Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Bald Hill stands 1 m to the east-southeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Macon, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Outer Banks Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Radio Island Beach Access: 1.0 mi
- Katherine Davis Park: 1.8 mi
- Topsail Marine Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Jaycee Park: 1.8 mi
- Town of Beaufort Boardwalk: 1.8 mi
- Fort Macon: 0.8 mi
- Morehead City Waterfront: 1.8 mi
- Lookout Cruises: 1.9 mi
- Island Express Ferry Service: 1.9 mi
- Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag: 3.6 mi
- Deer Field Shores: 4.2 mi
- Pine Knoll Shores: 6.1 mi
- Indian Beach: 10.3 mi
- Indian Beach: 11.4 mi
- Bare Sand Beach: 11.9 mi
- Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center: 1.8 mi
- North Carolina Maritime Museum: 1.8 mi
- Carteret County Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- Carteret County Museum of History: 4.2 mi
- Core Sound Waterfowl Museum: 9.3 mi
- Rachel Carson Estuarine Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area: 8.0 mi
- North River: 8.8 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Reserve: 23.0 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Reserve: 24.2 mi
- Michael John Smith: 1.8 mi
- Big Rock: 1.8 mi
- 1812 Lighthouse Foundation Ruins: 10.9 mi
- High Hill: 4.5 mi
- Bald Hill: 6.4 mi
- Diamond City Hills: 9.5 mi
- Pine Cliff Recreation Area: 18.1 mi
- Cedar Point Recreation Area: 22.5 mi
- Rose garden: 3.2 mi
- Blackbeard: 9.1 mi
- Diamond City: 9.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Macon State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | ESE 111° | 1 m | 6.4 mi |
| Diamond City Hills | ESE 114° | 1 m | 9.5 mi |
| High Hill | ESE 112° | 0 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:22 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 77 | 67 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 9.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlantic Beach WTP, 3 mi away.
- largeleaf pennywort121 obs
- Laughing Gull112 obs
- White Ibis111 obs
- Marsh Rabbit105 obs
- Crystal Skipper87 obs
- sea oats83 obs
- Sanderling81 obs
- Purple-brown Urchin79 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/285278271
Day trips start here
- Atlantic Beach · 3 mi
- Beaufort · 3 mi
- Morehead City · 4 mi
- Harkers Island · 7 mi
- Crystal Coast · 9 mi
- Newport · 11 mi
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