- Elevation, modelled
- 239 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Kings Pinnacle520 m · 8.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Crowders Mountain Drive5.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:43local time
- Coordinates
- 35.2604, -81.1828
American Military Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled 239 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Schiele Museum, a museum 1.5 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 5.9 miles off. 168 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of American Military Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | WSW 244° | 520 m | 8.2 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | NNE 14° | 471 m | 21.8 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | WSW 250° | 458 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Mountain | NNE 16° | 409 m | 23.4 mi |
| Hog Hill | NNW 335° | 391 m | 24.1 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | ENE 56° | 375 m | 4.6 mi |
| Whitaker Mountain | WSW 245° | 356 m | 20.0 mi |
| Henry Knob | SSW 210° | 344 m | 10.3 mi |
- 5.9 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 23.3 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 29.6 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic HighwayNational
168 named places within 25 miles
Attractions: 54
- F-4 Phantom II: 12.7 mi
- METALmorphosis: 15.3 mi
- Hurler: 17.2 mi
- Tidal Wave Bay: 17.3 mi
- Fury 325: 17.3 mi
Historic sites: 50
- Rhodes Drive: 3.6 mi
- Tryon Resolves: 9.5 mi
- River Oaks Academy Birthday Rock: 12.0 mi
- Major William Chronicle / Captain John Mattocks / William Rabb / John Boyd: 13.7 mi
- Major Willian Chronicle: 13.7 mi
Museums: 34
- Schiele Museum: 1.5 mi
- Gaston County Museum: 3.8 mi
- Millican Pictorial History Museum: 8.3 mi
- Kings Mountain Historical Museum: 9.1 mi
- Mount Holly Historical Society Museum: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 20
- Jackson Knob: 3.8 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Gamble Hill: 5.4 mi
- Crowders Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Berry Mountain: 6.1 mi
Beaches: 5
- South Point Beach: 12.1 mi
- Sailing Beach: 13.1 mi
- SHOAL: 20.2 mi
- SHOAL: 21.1 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Long Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- High Shoals: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 17.8 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:06 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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