Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 32 min5:52 am – 8:24 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 47 min7:11 am – 4:58 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 88°F, lows 71°FColdest month January: highs 55°F, lows 34°F59 in of rain a year, on about 85 dayswettest month August1 in of snow a year, on about 0 days39 days above 90°F, 43 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Bayboro 3 Sw station, 11 mi away
Nearby landmarksCedar Pointcape · under a mileWise Pointcape · 1.2 miGarden Creekbay · 3.3 miCabin Creekbay · under a mileLittle Islandisland · 1.7 miThe Hammockisland · 4.0 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsPamlico County Open Spacerecreation area · 4.0 miGoose Creek Game Landstate conservation land · 6.4 mi · 8,379 acresLight Ground Pocosin Game Landstate conservation land · 8.9 mi · 943 acresPamlico County Parks and Recreationrecreation area · 8.8 mi · 85 acresCedar Island National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 19.3 mi · 14,327 acresSwanquarter National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 20.9 mi · 16,636 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes1 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.6 on 6 Aug 199410 mi away, near Bayboro, North CarolinaMost recent: magnitude 3.6 on 6 Aug 199410 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowPamlico County, NC, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsHurricane Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality96% of days had good air in 2025332 of 345 days measured13 moderate daysMedian index 35, worst day 80main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Carteret County, NC, 21 mi away
Drinking waterPamlico County Waterserves 19,665 people from ground water1 health-based violation since 2021latest Oct 2024: lead and copper, treatment technique2 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation0 ft0 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalEastern Carteret Medical Center23.2 miPost officeMerritt Post Office6.0 miTown hallVandemere Town Hall2.9 miPolicePamlico County Sheriff's Office7.9 miFire stationFlorence - Whortonsville Volunteer Fire Department1.4 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegePamlico Community College12.9 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportCoastal Carolina Regional Airport EWN24 miMajor airportNorfolk International Airport ORF123 miUS highwayUS 1722 miCoachNew Bern Amtrak Bus StopSunway Charters23 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 28583 ZIP area.
