Town Creek Park
Town Creek Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the west-northwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Wrc Town Creek Access Area, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Brunswick Town Road passes 9.0 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Brunswick Town Road
- 9.5 mi off the Cape Fear Historic Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Green Swamp Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ev-Henwood Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Annsdale Park: 4.6 mi
- Westgate Park: 6.2 mi
- Spring Lake Park: 7.1 mi
- Alton Lennon Park: 7.3 mi
- Orange Street Landing: 10.2 mi
- To the Soldiers of the Confederacy: 10.4 mi
- Monument to Cornelius Harnett: 10.5 mi
- Kenan Memorial Fountain: 10.6 mi
- Russellborough Kitchen Foundation Ruins: 10.8 mi
- Wrc Town Creek Access Area: 1.3 mi
- North Carolina Coastal Land Trust: Orton Plantation Holdings, LLC: 8.6 mi
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30: 9.4 mi
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30: 9.4 mi
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30: 9.4 mi
- Brunswick Nature Park: 5.9 mi
- USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Orton Plantation: 10.1 mi
- One Tree Hill Rivercourt: 10.1 mi
- One Tree Hill Nathan and Haley Place: 10.2 mi
- Latimer House Museum: 10.3 mi
- Burgwin - Wright House: 10.4 mi
- Wilmington Railroad Museum: 10.4 mi
- Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts: 10.6 mi
- Cape Fear Museum: 10.8 mi
- Freeman Park: 13.4 mi
- Masonboro Island Reserve: 13.8 mi
- Kure Beach: 15.2 mi
- Oak Island Cabana: 16.3 mi
- Long Beach: 16.4 mi
- Oak Island Lighthouse: 17.8 mi
- Bald Head Lighthouse: 19.5 mi
- Supply Shed: 19.5 mi
- Cape Fear Lighthouse Foundation: 21.9 mi
- Generator House: 21.9 mi
- The Transplanted Garden: 11.0 mi
- Devon Park Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Caswell Avenue Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 15.7 mi
- Harbor Way Gardens: 17.0 mi
- Sand Hill: 2.4 mi
- Sand Ball Hill: 19.4 mi
- Myrtle Head: 22.5 mi
- Barnes Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Big Bluff: 16.2 mi
- Kings Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Bottle Chapel: 15.8 mi
- Wynn Plaza Pavilion: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Town Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | WNW 287° | 17 m | 2.4 mi |
| Myrtle Head | W 270° | 13 m | 22.5 mi |
| Sand Ball Hill | NNE 11° | 10 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:51 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:29 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 57 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southport 5 N, 12 mi away.
- Green Anole10 obs
- Bluegill10 obs
- Venus flytrap9 obs
- Pond Slider7 obs
- Dwarf Palmetto7 obs
- Warmouth7 obs
- swamp chestnut oak7 obs
- American beech6 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 node/357798786
Day trips start here
- Wilmington · 12 mi
- Carolina Beach · 13 mi
- Kure Beach · 15 mi
- Oak Island · 16 mi
- Southport · 16 mi
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