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North Bend Public Use Area

North Bend Public Use Area from directly overhead

North Bend Public Use Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. Ivy Hill stands 120 m to the west, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Osage Picnic Shelter, a picnic site 0.8 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 16 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
100 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.58848, -78.32555

73 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
Museums: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Osage Picnic Shelter: 0.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 1.7 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 13.5 mi
  • Dr. L. Julian Haywood: 16.0 mi
  • Thyne Institute Memorial: 17.7 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Joseph S. J. Tanner Environmental Education Center: 1.5 mi
  • Solitary Sentinel: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 11.7 mi
  • J. Stewart and Mary L. Green Wortham Memorial Gardens: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Peaks: 1
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Bend Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillW 270°120 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:25
June solstice05:5619:5720:36
September equinox07:0218:3819:12
December solstice07:2216:2217:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404249596877817973615143
Precip in3.22.53.93.23.54.64.93.84.13.53.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — John H Kerr DAM, 2 mi away.

  • Double-crested Cormorant26 obs
  • Black Vulture20 obs
  • Bald Eagle14 obs
  • Bonaparte's Gull9 obs
  • Horned Grebe7 obs
  • River Cooter7 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull6 obs
  • Great Blue Heron5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356564035

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