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Historic Alamance Battleground

Historic Alamance Battleground from directly overhead

Historic Alamance Battleground is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the southeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Alamance Battleground, a park 0.1 miles away. Football Road passes 4.1 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates36.00945, -79.52148

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alamance Battleground: 0.1 mi
  • Guilford Mackintosh Park & Marina: 3.7 mi
  • Springwood Park: 4.4 mi
  • Joe Davidson Park: 4.5 mi
  • Cedarock Park: 4.6 mi
Historic sites: 49
  • Former Pioneer Camp Meeting/Dining Hall Chimney: 7.2 mi
  • February One: 15.0 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 15.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Jefferson Davis: 15.6 mi
Artworks: 41
  • Love Graham: 8.0 mi
  • Joseph M. Bryan Foundation Water Sculpture: 13.1 mi
  • Ascention: 15.2 mi
  • A Monument to Dignity and Respect: 15.2 mi
  • Reflection Rocks: 15.2 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Cane Creek Mountains: 6.5 mi
  • Bass Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Mitchell Mountain: 16.3 mi
  • Thompson Mountain: 16.9 mi
  • Crawford Mountain: 17.2 mi
Museums: 18
  • Charlotte Hawkings Brown: 7.0 mi
  • Children's Museum of Alamance County: 7.8 mi
  • Three College Observatory: 7.8 mi
  • Graham Historical Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Haw River Historical Assoc. Museum: 10.3 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 5
  • Shelter #4: 4.5 mi
  • Shelter #2: 4.6 mi
  • Shelter #1: 4.6 mi
  • Shelter #3: 4.6 mi
  • Observation Platform: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Restored Caboose: 7.5 mi
  • Buffaloe Lanes Mebane: 15.5 mi
  • Fireside Farm & Sawmill: 17.1 mi
  • Faith Rock: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 3.8 mi
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cane Creek MountainsSE 132°301 m6.5 mi
Stony Creek MountainNNE 20°286 m17.3 mi
Bass MountainESE 122°275 m8.3 mi
Occoneechee MountainE 81°261 m22.6 mi
Pickards MountainE 99°237 m20.5 mi
Brown Elfin KnobE 81°234 m23.1 mi
Terrells MountainESE 116°232 m22.1 mi
Bald MountainE 96°232 m23.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:30
June solstice06:0220:0120:39
September equinox07:0718:4319:17
December solstice07:2616:2817:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414452616976807972615144
Precip in3.12.83.93.83.44.34.73.54.43.13.33.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington Alamance Rgnl AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Box Turtle5 obs
  • Common Whitetail4 obs
  • fan clubmoss3 obs
  • Great Blue Heron2 obs
  • Mallard2 obs
  • Canada Goose2 obs
  • Carolina Wren2 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/33051005

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