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While I Close My Eyes

While I Close My Eyes from directly overhead

While I Close My Eyes is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 357 m. Stone Mountain stands 853 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Corona, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Upper Yadkin Way passes 4.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2001
Material
steel
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.91450, -81.54040

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lenoir High School: 0.3 mi
  • Broyhill Park: 0.3 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.6 mi
  • Unity Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lenoir Optimist Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Adako Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Silvervale Falls: 9.8 mi
  • McGalliard Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Granite Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Triple Drop: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 34
Attractions: 34
  • Caldwell County Fairgrounds: 3.8 mi
  • Home of General William Lenoir: 7.5 mi
  • House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 10.0 mi
  • Lake Hickory Attractions: 11.9 mi
  • Mystery House: 18.1 mi
Museums: 26
  • Caldwell Historical Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Hudson Depot Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Granite Falls History: 10.5 mi
  • Waldensian Heritage Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 12.7 mi
Historic sites: 14
Gardens: 9
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 4
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 20.6 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 20.6 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of While I Close My Eyes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stone MountainN 355°853 m10.2 mi
Joe White MountainWNW 297°849 m11.9 mi
High EagleN 350°842 m9.1 mi
Fork MountainN 350°842 m9.1 mi
Grassy MountainN 357°806 m9.7 mi
Gill KnobNNE 14°806 m11.0 mi
Spring MountainN 359°799 m10.3 mi
Licklog MountainNNE 12°795 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0419:38
June solstice06:1120:0920:47
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3416:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148586674777670594841
Precip in3.93.34.34.44.44.74.64.54.33.63.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8224823488

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