Knotts Island Ruritan Park
Knotts Island Ruritan Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Mount Trashmore stands 18 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Perfect Wisdom and Great Compassion Zen Garden, a garden 0.5 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 25 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Lafayette's Tour
Named places within 25 miles
- Swan Island Tract: 2.3 mi
- Swan Island Tract: 2.5 mi
- Swan Island Tract: 2.5 mi
- Swan Island Tract: 2.5 mi
- Swan Island Tract: 2.6 mi
- Creeds Wayside Park: 8.3 mi
- Munden Point Park: 8.3 mi
- Creeds Neighborhood Park: 8.5 mi
- Pungo Ferry Landing Park: 10.3 mi
- Whalehead Club: 10.5 mi
- Perfect Wisdom and Great Compassion Zen Garden: 0.5 mi
- Dr Bohon Fragrance Garden: 13.9 mi
- Entrance 1: 23.5 mi
- Entrance 2: 23.6 mi
- Entrance 4: 23.6 mi
- Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education: 10.4 mi
- Currituck Maritime Museum: 10.4 mi
- Whalehead in Historic Corolla: 10.5 mi
- Military Aviation Museum: 13.3 mi
- Virginia Aquarium Marsh Pavilion: 21.6 mi
- 105mm: 11.2 mi
- Jerrassic Park: 13.1 mi
- Princess Anne Solar Array: 20.8 mi
- Neptunes Revenge: 21.5 mi
- Grape EscapeSouth Seas Silly Slides: 21.5 mi
- Currituck County Civil War Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Marian P Whitehurst Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Witch of Pungo (Grace Sherwood) Home Site: 14.2 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Grumman HU-16E Albatross: 22.6 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Grumman HU-16E Albatross: 22.6 mi
- Currituck Beach: 10.5 mi
- Fishing & Dog Beach: 18.5 mi
- Shifting Sands Beach: 19.1 mi
- Surfing Beach: 19.3 mi
- Sandbridge Beach: 19.5 mi
- Luark Hill: 7.0 mi
- Whale Head Hill: 11.0 mi
- Three Dunes: 15.2 mi
- Poyners Hill: 17.6 mi
- Encore Hill: 24.8 mi
- VFA-81 Battle E Winner: 21.5 mi
- Barreled: 23.5 mi
- John Wareing Statue: 23.5 mi
- Norwegian Lady: 24.1 mi
- King Neptune Statue: 24.5 mi
- Picnic Benches: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Benches: 12.7 mi
- Currituck County US 158 Rest Area: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Knotts Island Ruritan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 333° | 18 m | 25.0 mi |
| Three Dunes | SSE 156° | 9 m | 15.2 mi |
| Luark Hill | SE 140° | 5 m | 7.0 mi |
| Whale Head Hill | SSE 150° | 3 m | 11.0 mi |
| Poyners Hill | SSE 157° | 2 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:12 | 16:52 |
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 | 44 | 46 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 83 | 80 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fentress Naval AUX FLD, 18 mi away.
- Pond Slider25 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird17 obs
- Green Treefrog15 obs
- Coypu14 obs
- Belted Kingfisher13 obs
- Northern Cottonmouth13 obs
- Painted Turtle12 obs
- Osprey12 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/1171323146
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