Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex
Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Gaddys Mountain stands 165 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Museum of the Cape Fear, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Averasboro Battlefield Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- restricted
How to reach it
- 16.3 mi off the Averasboro Battlefield Scenic Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Meteor Lakes Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Arsenal Park: 0.1 mi
- Pine Valley Park: 0.4 mi
- Rowan Park: 0.4 mi
- Rowan Park: 0.4 mi
- North Carolina Veterans Park: 0.5 mi
- Museum of the Cape Fear: 0.0 mi
- Edgar Allen Poe's House: 0.0 mi
- Edgar Allen Poe's House: 0.0 mi
- Airborne and Special Operations Museum: 0.4 mi
- The Art Center: 0.7 mi
- Coolyconch Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Hams Hill: 14.9 mi
- Killens Hill: 16.3 mi
- Finlayson Mountain: 16.8 mi
- Gaddys Mountain: 17.5 mi
- Ghost Tower: 0.1 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Howard School Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Ezekiel Ezra Smith Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Founders' Circle: 1.3 mi
- Market House: 0.8 mi
- Cape Fear Botanical Garden: 1.9 mi
- Cape Fear River Trail: 2.6 mi
- Clark Park Falls: 2.7 mi
- ZipQuest Waterfall Treetop Adventure: 6.8 mi
- Cook Quad Sculpture: 1.2 mi
- Omega-Psi-Phi Monument: 1.3 mi
- Delta-Sigma-Theta Memorial Well: 1.3 mi
- Unity: 1.4 mi
- Bronco Sculpture: 1.4 mi
- Wrc Fayetteville Access Area: 4.6 mi
- Gordon Butler Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
- South River Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Cumberland County I-95 Southbound Rest Area: 5.3 mi
- Cumberland County I-95 Northbound Rest Area: 5.5 mi
- Fayetteville Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
- Mable C. Smith Picnic site: 2.8 mi
- Carvers Falls: 6.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaddys Mountain | WNW 286° | 165 m | 17.5 mi |
| Johnson Mountain | WNW 287° | 162 m | 20.6 mi |
| Blues Mountain | W 278° | 155 m | 19.5 mi |
| Finlayson Mountain | W 275° | 154 m | 16.8 mi |
| Cameron Hill | NW 323° | 146 m | 19.5 mi |
| Round Top | NW 319° | 144 m | 21.2 mi |
| Coolyconch Mountain | WNW 301° | 141 m | 11.9 mi |
| Holmes Hill | NNW 335° | 140 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:56 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:29 | 17:08 |
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 | 43 | 46 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fayetteville (pwc), 2 mi away.
- Green Anole31 obs
- Southern Toad18 obs
- Canada Goose17 obs
- Northern Cardinal16 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel16 obs
- Northern Mockingbird13 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
- Pine Warbler12 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.
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