Asheville Art Museum
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Asheville Art Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 673 m. Rocky Knob stands 1,433 m to the northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Dixie Highway Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
The Asheville Art Museum is a nonprofit visual art organization in Western North Carolina (WNC) and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The museum is located on the center square of downtown Asheville, 2 South Pack Square at Pack Place. The Asheville Art Museum presents exhibitions and public programs based on its permanent collection of 20th and 21st century American art. The museum features regional and national artists through special exhibitions, and showcases works of significance to Western North Carolina's cultural heritage including Studio Craft, Black Mountain College and Cherokee artists. Educational programs for children and adults are also offered.
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Dates from 1948.
Wikidata Q4804909, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.6 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 9.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 12.9 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Pack Square: 0.1 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.1 mi
- Pritchard Park: 0.2 mi
- Stephens-Lee Center: 0.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr Park: 0.4 mi
- Beaucatcher Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Piney Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Sunset Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Cisco Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 6.6 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 7.2 mi
- Cascades Falls: 13.0 mi
- Douglas Falls: 13.2 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 14.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 0.0 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 0.1 mi
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial: 0.2 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 0.2 mi
- Anne Penland: 0.3 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 2.1 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Italian Garden: 3.8 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 0.1 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 0.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 0.2 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 0.3 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 6.7 mi
- Ironland: 0.2 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 1.6 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 3.2 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 3.5 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 11.3 mi
- Deco Gecko: 0.2 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 0.2 mi
- Passage: 0.3 mi
- Wake: 0.5 mi
- rooster: 1.0 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 12.8 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 13.2 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 7.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 15.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 19.1 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 19.5 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 20.6 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 17.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.0 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 17.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 20.3 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 8.9 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Asheville Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Knob | NE 47° | 1,433 m | 7.9 mi |
| High Swan | NE 49° | 1,300 m | 7.2 mi |
| Rice Knob | NE 39° | 1,219 m | 5.5 mi |
| Rock Knob | ENE 60° | 1,199 m | 7.9 mi |
| Big Cedar Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,159 m | 6.1 mi |
| Peach Knob | NE 45° | 1,150 m | 4.5 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NE 38° | 1,122 m | 6.0 mi |
| Butler Mountain | SE 133° | 1,086 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/379472904
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