Musical Swings
Musical Swings is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Blackwood Mountain stands 224 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Daydreamer: Kinetic Musical Benches, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 19 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2023
What to expect
How to reach it
- 19.5 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 21.6 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Football Road
- 26.2 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 28 mi
- #12 Racecar · 28 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 28 mi
- Trading Path View · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Daydreamer: Kinetic Musical Benches: 0.0 mi
- Wind Machine: 0.1 mi
- Ernest and Ruth: 0.1 mi
- Large Spindle Piece: 0.1 mi
- Ulau: 0.1 mi
- Meredith College Greenway: 0.7 mi
- House Creek Greenway: 0.8 mi
- House Creek Greenway: 0.8 mi
- JC Raulston Arboretum: 1.0 mi
- Meredith College Greenway: 1.0 mi
- Goodnights Comedy Club: 2.8 mi
- Carousel: 2.9 mi
- Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 4.9 mi
- North Raleigh Business Center: 5.5 mi
- Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 5.5 mi
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation: 0.7 mi
- Reid Wildflower Garden: 1.4 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 6.6 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 6.8 mi
- Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Nancy: 2.6 mi
- Memorial Belltower: 2.7 mi
- Lassiter Mill: 3.4 mi
- Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 3.8 mi
- Raleigh Police Memorial: 4.0 mi
- SOL Garden: 2.0 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 3.0 mi
- Sunflower Field: 3.4 mi
- Sun Sprouts: 4.3 mi
- Cary Senior Center Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- East Building: 0.3 mi
- West Building: 0.3 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- CAM Raleigh: 3.9 mi
- Green Hill: 9.9 mi
- Adam Mountain: 10.5 mi
- High Hill: 19.2 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 19.6 mi
- Boothe Hill: 19.9 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 2.9 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.3 mi
- Blount Room: 4.3 mi
- Hargett Room: 4.3 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 5.3 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 16.9 mi
- White Oak Beach: 18.0 mi
- Poplar Point Beach: 18.6 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 19.3 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 19.3 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 13.2 mi
- Hollow Rock: 20.7 mi
- Kodak Rock: 22.9 mi
- Little River Falls: 19.8 mi
- Cedar Falls: 21.2 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 22.8 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Musical Swings. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwood Mountain | WNW 300° | 224 m | 24.6 mi |
| Edwards Mountain | W 278° | 203 m | 19.6 mi |
| Couch Mountain | NW 312° | 193 m | 22.3 mi |
| Nunn Mountain | WNW 298° | 188 m | 21.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 293° | 186 m | 24.4 mi |
| McCauley Mount | WNW 285° | 185 m | 23.1 mi |
| Boothe Hill | W 274° | 183 m | 19.9 mi |
| Red Hill | W 263° | 183 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
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 siteOpenStreetMap element node/11461787255
Day trips start here
- Raleigh · 3 mi
- Research Triangle · 7 mi
- Chapel Hill · 20 mi
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