Fishing Island Picnic Site
Fishing Island Picnic Site is a picnic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Moores Knob stands 783 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Mountain State Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Hanging Rock Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pilot Mountain State Park
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
- 26.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot Mountain Overlook · 27 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 29 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 29 mi
- Granite Quarry Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Mountain State Park: 0.5 mi
- Shoals Park: 3.2 mi
- Donnaha Park: 4.5 mi
- Heritage Tobacco Park: 5.7 mi
- Pinnacle Lions Park: 5.7 mi
- Stony Ridge: 2.9 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Black Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Sauratown Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Ruben Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Hauser Farmhouse: 0.8 mi
- Horne Creek Historic Farm: 0.8 mi
- Surry County Historical Farm Museum: 1.3 mi
- Wolff-Moser House: 10.3 mi
- Rural Hall Depot Caboose: 11.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Clock Tower: 11.8 mi
- Lewisville Veteran's Monument: 11.9 mi
- Battle Cross Monument: 11.9 mi
- Lewisville Clock: 11.9 mi
- Shacktown Falls: 10.7 mi
- Rider Falls: 11.9 mi
- Torys Falls: 14.8 mi
- Upper Casscades: 15.8 mi
- Tise falls: 15.8 mi
- Carolina Ziplines Canopy Tour: 14.6 mi
- Wait Chapel: 14.8 mi
- Reynolda Gardens: 14.9 mi
- Balanced Rock: 15.4 mi
- Browder Family Cemetery: 15.5 mi
- Ararat River Access: 3.3 mi
- Richmond Hill Nature Park: 6.5 mi
- Dan River Bends Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Dan River Ford Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Evergreen Farm: 17.2 mi
- Balancing Act: 17.8 mi
- George Henry Black: 18.0 mi
- Coffee Pot: 18.2 mi
- Twin Arches: 19.1 mi
- Twin Arches: 19.1 mi
- Daylily Meadows: 6.9 mi
- Clemmons Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- The Kristin Hartz Garden: 18.0 mi
- Tanglewood Arboretum: 18.2 mi
- All-American Rose Selections Garden: 18.3 mi
- Three Bears: 5.7 mi
- Little Amphitheater: 5.8 mi
- Cooks Wall: 14.3 mi
- Moores Wall: 15.1 mi
- Indian Face: 15.6 mi
- Ivy Bluffs Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- Winston-Salem Foundation Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Magnolia Springs: 14.8 mi
- Barefoot Beach: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fishing Island Picnic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moores Knob | NE 51° | 783 m | 15.3 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | NNE 12° | 735 m | 5.8 mi |
| Cooks Wall Mountain | NE 54° | 707 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sauratown Mountain | NE 40° | 683 m | 10.7 mi |
| Hanging Rock | NE 54° | 641 m | 16.4 mi |
| Skull Camp Mountain | NW 310° | 623 m | 23.3 mi |
| Cole Gap Mountain | NE 55° | 616 m | 15.6 mi |
| Slate Mountain | N 357° | 605 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:31 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yadkinville 6 E, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4297245775
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