Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art
Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Firebird, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 20 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a 36,500-square-foot (3,390 m2) museum space dedicated to the exhibition of mid-20th-century modern art. The modern art museum is part of the new Levine Center for the Arts in Uptown Charlotte. The museum building was designed by architect Mario Botta. The museum is named after the family of Andreas Bechtler, a Charlotte resident and native of Switzerland who assembled and inherited a collection of more than 1,400 artworks created by major figures of 20th-century modernism. The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art opened to the public on January 2, 2010, with former mayor of Charlotte Anthony Foxx and Andreas Bechtler in attendance.
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Dates from 2010-01-02.
Wikidata Q4878575, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 30 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
- 24.7 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 28.5 mi off the Millbridge Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Firebird: 0.0 mi
- Spiral Odyssey: 0.1 mi
- Sam Mills statue: 0.2 mi
- Il Grande Disco: 0.3 mi
- Transportation: 0.3 mi
- The Green: 0.1 mi
- McColl Park: 0.3 mi
- Fourth Ward Park: 0.6 mi
- Marshall Park: 0.6 mi
- Gandhi Park: 0.6 mi
- Coal car: 1.2 mi
- Graffiti Park: 2.1 mi
- Gainseville Midland: 2.2 mi
- Historic Rosedale: 3.2 mi
- Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 4.8 mi
- Liberty Hall Monument: 0.1 mi
- Captain James Jack: 0.3 mi
- William Ewen Shipp Monument: 0.4 mi
- CMPD Fallen Officers Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Mahatma Gandhi: 0.6 mi
- Mint Museum Uptown: 0.1 mi
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 0.2 mi
- NASCAR Hall of Fame: 0.3 mi
- Bank of America Heritage Center: 0.3 mi
- Courtyard: 0.6 mi
- Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- McGill Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Sustainability Village Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- Evergreen Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Whitehall Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Berryhill Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Capps Hill: 5.0 mi
- Berry Mountain: 13.3 mi
- Red Hill: 15.7 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 15.9 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 17.0 mi
- South Point Beach: 10.4 mi
- Sailing Beach: 14.0 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.8 mi
- SHOAL: 19.7 mi
- SHOAL: 20.5 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.1 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 11.4 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 22.5 mi
- High Shoals: 23.3 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 9.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowders Mountain | W 271° | 458 m | 24.2 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | WNW 288° | 375 m | 15.9 mi |
| Jackson Knob | W 266° | 328 m | 18.3 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NW 313° | 325 m | 20.5 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | SW 234° | 299 m | 17.8 mi |
| Berry Mountain | W 271° | 281 m | 13.3 mi |
| Gamble Hill | W 275° | 263 m | 24.4 mi |
| Capps Hill | NNW 346° | 244 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
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 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Charlotte · 0 mi
- Charlotte/Uptown · 0 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 1 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 1 mi
- Charlotte/South End · 1 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 2 mi
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