- Elevation, modelled
- 92 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Edwards Mountain203 m · 18.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Colonial Heritage Byway22.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:35local time
- Coordinates
- 35.7182, -78.7568
Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled 92 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lochmere Lake Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 22 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Operated by
- Triangle Land Conservancy
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Mountain | WNW 298° | 203 m | 18.7 mi |
| Nunn Mountain | NW 315° | 188 m | 23.1 mi |
| McCauley Mount | WNW 302° | 185 m | 22.8 mi |
| Boothe Hill | WNW 294° | 183 m | 18.5 mi |
| Red Hill | W 280° | 183 m | 19.5 mi |
| Burnett Mountain | WNW 281° | 183 m | 19.9 mi |
| Lambeth Mountain | WNW 282° | 177 m | 20.9 mi |
| Bennett Mountain | WNW 291° | 167 m | 20.5 mi |
- 22.4 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 22.6 mi off the Football Road
- 23.6 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
- 26.8 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Lochmere Lake Park: 0.7 mi
- Jack Smith Park: 0.7 mi
- Speight Branch Greenway: 1.2 mi
- Harold D Ritter Park: 1.5 mi
- Stevens Nature Center: 1.5 mi
- Whirligigs: 0.8 mi
- Suffolk Sheep: 0.8 mi
- Suffolk Sheep: 0.8 mi
- Suffolk Sheep: 0.8 mi
- Suffolk Sheep: 0.8 mi
- Rocket Box Bat House: 1.5 mi
- Chimney Swift Tower: 1.5 mi
- The Giant Chair: 6.0 mi
- Bond Park Challenge Course: 6.0 mi
- Compost Education Center: 6.1 mi
- Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Lake Wheeler: 3.2 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 4.0 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 4.1 mi
- Blue Pond Tiger Salamander Natural Area: 6.1 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 5.7 mi
- Cary Senior Center Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- SOL Garden: 6.4 mi
- Sunflower Field: 6.6 mi
- Sun Sprouts: 8.0 mi
- Randleigh Dairy Heritage Museum: 4.3 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 6.9 mi
- East Building: 7.0 mi
- West Building: 7.1 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 7.1 mi
- Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 5.9 mi
- Nancy: 6.3 mi
- Memorial Belltower: 7.0 mi
- North Carolina Fallen Firefighters: 7.6 mi
- Raleigh Police Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Green Hill: 16.4 mi
- Adam Mountain: 17.2 mi
- Boothe Hill: 18.5 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 18.7 mi
- High Hill: 18.8 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.7 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 6.7 mi
- Blount Room: 7.9 mi
- Hargett Room: 8.0 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 10.6 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 13.5 mi
- White Oak Beach: 14.6 mi
- Poplar Point Beach: 14.8 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 15.1 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 15.5 mi
- Jumping Fish Falls: 18.5 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 19.2 mi
- Cedar Falls: 22.6 mi
- Little River Falls: 23.8 mi
- Raven Rock: 19.0 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 19.7 mi
- Hollow Rock: 22.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cary, 2 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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