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Pullen Park

Pullen Park from directly overhead

Pullen Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Fountain Terrace, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 22 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.78199, -78.66387

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Mary Yarbrough Court: 0.3 mi
  • NC State Memorial Bell Tower: 0.3 mi
  • Court of North Carolina: 0.3 mi
  • Gardner Arboretum: 0.4 mi
  • Stafford Commons: 0.4 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Carousel: 0.1 mi
  • Goodnights Comedy Club: 0.6 mi
  • Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 2.1 mi
  • Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 2.6 mi
  • North Raleigh Business Center: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves: 43
Historic sites: 30
Gardens: 29
Peaks: 12
  • Green Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 11.8 mi
  • High Hill: 21.8 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 22.1 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Fountain Terrace: 0.1 mi
  • Blount Room: 1.6 mi
  • Hargett Room: 1.6 mi
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.3 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Crosswinds Beach: 18.8 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 20.4 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Little River Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Moosejaw Falls: 24.7 mi
  • Jumping Fish Falls: 25.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 25.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Edwards MountainWNW 282°203 m22.1 mi
Nunn MountainWNW 299°188 m24.7 mi
Boothe HillW 278°183 m22.3 mi
Red HillW 267°183 m24.5 mi
Burnett MountainW 269°183 m24.8 mi
Bennett MountainW 277°167 m24.5 mi
Iron Mine HillWNW 294°159 m24.9 mi
Adam MountainN 4°145 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2216:2617:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424451616977807973625245
Precip in3.72.94.23.64.04.94.64.75.73.93.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh State Univ, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,678 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee1,299 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,046 obs
  • American Robin851 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle699 obs
  • Green Anole528 obs
  • Canada Goose465 obs
  • Northern Cardinal453 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/583703197

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