Wright Brothers National Memorial
Wright Brothers National Memorial is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Kill Devil Hill stands 28 m to the southeast, 0.2 miles off. Roanoke Voyages Corridor passes 5.9 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Roanoke Voyages Corridor
- 5.9 mi off the Alligator River Route
- 8.7 mi off the Outer Banks Scenic Byway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Pamlico Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing Platform · 23 mi
67 named places within 25 miles
- Aviation Park: 0.6 mi
- Kill Devil Hills Recreation Park: 1.0 mi
- Hayman Park: 2.2 mi
- OBX Soccer Complex: 2.3 mi
- Nags Head Town Park: 3.1 mi
- Wright Brothers Monument: 0.2 mi
- First Flight Boulder: 0.2 mi
- Flight 1: 0.3 mi
- Flight 2: 0.3 mi
- Flight 3: 0.3 mi
- Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve: 4.5 mi
- Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve: 5.2 mi
- Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve: 5.4 mi
- Kill Devil Hill: 0.2 mi
- Kill Devil Hills: 0.2 mi
- West Hill: 0.2 mi
- Engagement Hill: 4.0 mi
- Seven Sisters: 5.3 mi
- Theatre of Dare: 3.6 mi
- Lost Colony House: 5.9 mi
- The Mother Vine: 6.3 mi
- Elizabeth II: 7.4 mi
- Jumpmasters Trampoline Park: 8.4 mi
- Outer Banks History Center: 7.3 mi
- Herbert M. Collins Boathouse: 7.8 mi
- Pea Island Cookhouse: 7.8 mi
- Roanoke Colony: 5.9 mi
- Buffalo City: 18.3 mi
- Coquina Beach: 14.1 mi
- Bodie Island Lighthouse: 14.9 mi
- Currituck County US 158 Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wright Brothers National Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kill Devil Hill | SE 144° | 28 m | 0.2 mi |
| West Hill | W 270° | 14 m | 0.2 mi |
| Three Dunes | NNW 339° | 9 m | 21.6 mi |
| Engagement Hill | SSE 157° | 6 m | 4.0 mi |
| Seven Sisters | SSE 152° | 5 m | 5.3 mi |
| Kill Devil Hills | E 85° | 2 m | 0.2 mi |
| Poyners Hill | NNW 338° | 2 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:45 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 65 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manteo AP, 7 mi away.
- Atlantic Ghost Crab163 obs
- Laughing Gull136 obs
- Boat-tailed Grackle92 obs
- Sanderling89 obs
- Willet74 obs
- Creeping Cactus63 obs
- spurge nettle60 obs
- Atlantic Sand Crab55 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000071OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/32929677
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