JC Raulston Arboretum
JC Raulston Arboretum is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Method Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 20 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 22.6 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 23.1 mi off the Football Road
- 27.0 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 29 mi
- #12 Racecar · 29 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 29 mi
- Trading Path View · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Method Park: 0.2 mi
- Meredith College Greenway: 0.5 mi
- Spangler Garden: 0.5 mi
- McIver Amphitheater: 0.6 mi
- Six Oaks Park: 0.9 mi
- Cyrano L. Catte, II Monument: 0.4 mi
- Hannah: 0.4 mi
- Dog's Head: 0.5 mi
- Companions: 0.5 mi
- Beam-I (2010): 0.8 mi
- Carousel: 2.1 mi
- Goodnights Comedy Club: 2.2 mi
- Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 4.2 mi
- Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 4.7 mi
- North Raleigh Business Center: 5.5 mi
- Reid Wildflower Garden: 1.5 mi
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation: 1.5 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 6.6 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 6.8 mi
- Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve: 6.8 mi
- SOL Garden: 1.2 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 2.1 mi
- Sunflower Field: 2.6 mi
- Sun Sprouts: 3.6 mi
- Cary Senior Center Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Nancy: 1.7 mi
- Memorial Belltower: 2.0 mi
- Raleigh Police Memorial: 3.3 mi
- North Carolina Fallen Firefighters: 3.3 mi
- North Carolina Veterans: 3.4 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 1.1 mi
- East Building: 1.2 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 1.2 mi
- West Building: 1.2 mi
- CAM Raleigh: 3.2 mi
- Green Hill: 10.3 mi
- Adam Mountain: 11.3 mi
- High Hill: 19.7 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 20.1 mi
- Boothe Hill: 20.3 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 2.1 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 2.5 mi
- Blount Room: 3.6 mi
- Hargett Room: 3.7 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 6.3 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 17.0 mi
- White Oak Beach: 18.2 mi
- Poplar Point Beach: 18.7 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 19.3 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 19.4 mi
- Little River Falls: 19.5 mi
- Cedar Falls: 21.9 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 23.0 mi
- Jumping Fish Falls: 24.7 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 13.6 mi
- Hollow Rock: 21.6 mi
- Kodak Rock: 23.8 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of JC Raulston Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Mountain | W 280° | 203 m | 20.1 mi |
| Couch Mountain | NW 313° | 193 m | 23.2 mi |
| Nunn Mountain | WNW 300° | 188 m | 22.6 mi |
| McCauley Mount | WNW 286° | 185 m | 23.7 mi |
| Boothe Hill | W 277° | 183 m | 20.3 mi |
| Red Hill | W 265° | 183 m | 22.6 mi |
| Burnett Mountain | W 267° | 183 m | 22.9 mi |
| Lambeth Mountain | W 268° | 177 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
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 | 44 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh State Univ, under a mile away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,427 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee1,407 obs
- Western Honey Bee988 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle943 obs
- American Robin736 obs
- Northern Cardinal584 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee502 obs
- Green Anole493 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/468461552
Day trips start here
- Raleigh · 3 mi
- Research Triangle · 8 mi
- Chapel Hill · 21 mi
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