Ackland Art Museum
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Ackland Art Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 150 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Alumni Sculpture Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Football Road passes 1.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Ackland Art Museum is a museum and academic unit of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was founded through the bequest of William Hayes Ackland (1855–1940) to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is located at 101 S. Columbia Street near the intersection of Franklin Street at the northern edge of campus. It is free of charge to visitors and offers a wide selection of events related to exhibition, community, and university topics.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2008-05-16.
Wikidata Q4674272, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of North Carolina
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Football Road
- 6.5 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 8.0 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 14.9 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 11 mi
- #12 Racecar · 11 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 11 mi
- Trading Path View · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McCorkle Place: 0.2 mi
- Hargraves Park: 0.5 mi
- Small Courtyard: 0.5 mi
- Sykes Street Playground: 0.6 mi
- Memorial Grove: 0.7 mi
- Exhale: 0.2 mi
- Bolin Creek Trail: 0.7 mi
- Tatanka: 1.3 mi
- Plaid Cow: 3.3 mi
- The Hooded Witch: 3.8 mi
- Old Well: 0.2 mi
- Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower: 0.4 mi
- Bennett Place: 9.2 mi
- Fireside Farm & Sawmill: 10.0 mi
- 11-foot-8 Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Adams Tract: 1.3 mi
- William L. Hunt Arboretum: 1.7 mi
- Berryhill Rhododendron Bluffs: 1.8 mi
- Laurel Hill Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- University Lake: 2.4 mi
- Joseph Caldwell Monument: 0.2 mi
- Unsung Founders Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Hippol Castle: 1.1 mi
- Kemp Plummer Battle Bench: 1.1 mi
- Stone Knoll: 3.6 mi
- Iron Mine Hill: 1.4 mi
- Nunn Mountain: 2.9 mi
- McCauley Mount: 3.2 mi
- High Hill: 3.4 mi
- Stony Hill: 3.6 mi
- Alumni Sculpture Garden: 0.1 mi
- Coker Arboretum: 0.3 mi
- Sam W. Hitt Medicinal Plant Garden: 0.5 mi
- Carrboro Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Poisonous Plant Garden: 1.5 mi
- Morehead Planetarium: 0.3 mi
- Carolina Basketball Museum: 1.1 mi
- Nasher Museum of Art: 9.2 mi
- The History Hub Museum: 10.3 mi
- Duke Homestead Tobacco Museum: 11.3 mi
- Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 2.6 mi
- Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 2.6 mi
- White Oak Recreation Area: 12.3 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 17.0 mi
- Observation Platform: 20.8 mi
- Bobbit's Hole: 10.2 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 11.7 mi
- White Oak Beach: 12.1 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 12.1 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 12.9 mi
- Hollow Rock: 5.4 mi
- Kodak Rock: 10.0 mi
- Coon rock, Jumping rock: 11.2 mi
- Cedar Falls: 3.1 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 13.3 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 11.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ackland Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | W 276° | 301 m | 21.4 mi |
| Bass Mountain | W 277° | 275 m | 19.2 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | NNW 340° | 261 m | 11.0 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 19° | 243 m | 24.0 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | WNW 301° | 237 m | 6.8 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | NNW 342° | 234 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 324° | 232 m | 5.4 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | WSW 243° | 232 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
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 | 40 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chapel Hill 2 W, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/44342484
Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 2 mi
- Research Triangle · 15 mi
- Raleigh · 24 mi
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