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Collapse I

Collapse I from directly overhead

Collapse I is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Blackwood Mountain stands 224 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is No Fuss, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 19 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
concrete

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates35.80817, -78.70212

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • No Fuss: 0.1 mi
  • Gyre: 0.1 mi
  • A Closer Look: 0.1 mi
  • Whisper Bench: 0.1 mi
  • Large Spindle Piece: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Meredith College Greenway: 0.6 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 0.6 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 0.7 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 0.9 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 1.0 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Goodnights Comedy Club: 2.7 mi
  • Carousel: 2.9 mi
  • Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 4.9 mi
  • North Raleigh Business Center: 5.3 mi
  • Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 36
  • Nancy: 2.6 mi
  • Memorial Belltower: 2.6 mi
  • Lassiter Mill: 3.2 mi
  • Raleigh Police Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 3.9 mi
Gardens: 33
Museums: 27
Peaks: 17
  • Green Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 10.3 mi
  • High Hill: 19.3 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 19.7 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Fountain Terrace: 2.9 mi
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.4 mi
  • Blount Room: 4.3 mi
  • Hargett Room: 4.3 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Crosswinds Beach: 17.0 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 18.8 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little River Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Moosejaw Falls: 23.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Collapse I. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackwood MountainWNW 300°224 m24.7 mi
Edwards MountainW 278°203 m19.7 mi
Couch MountainNW 312°193 m22.3 mi
Nunn MountainWNW 298°188 m21.9 mi
Stony HillWNW 293°186 m24.5 mi
McCauley MountWNW 284°185 m23.2 mi
Boothe HillW 274°183 m20.0 mi
Red HillW 263°183 m22.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
December solstice07:2216:2617:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424451616977807973625245
Precip in3.72.94.23.64.04.94.64.75.73.93.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh State Univ, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11609047347

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