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Blowing Rock Art & History Museum

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum from directly overhead

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,081 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Blowing Rock 1888 Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.4 miles off.

About

The story

town in North Carolina, United States

Dates from 1889.

Wikidata Q2023662, matched on coordinates and name (615 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.13028, -81.67930

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Blowing Rock City Park: 0.2 mi
  • Broyhill Park: 0.3 mi
  • Blowing Rock Pool: 0.4 mi
  • Sterling Creek Park: 3.0 mi
  • High Gravity Adventures: 3.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • New Year's Creek Cascades: 0.4 mi
  • Glen Burney Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Upper Glen Marie Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Lower Glen Marie Falls: 0.7 mi
  • China Creek Falls: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 32
Attractions: 27
  • Mystery Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Mystery House: 3.0 mi
  • Tornado: 3.3 mi
  • Buckaroo Drop: 3.3 mi
  • Round-Up: 3.3 mi
Museums: 16
Picnic sites: 11
Cliffs: 11
Nature reserves: 10
Historic sites: 10
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 0.2 mi
  • Historic Dam Site: 5.7 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 5.8 mi
  • Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 10
Springs: 4
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 7.8 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 23.7 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Blowing Rock Art & History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakW 260°1,804 m7.4 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 251°1,466 m6.3 mi
Rich MountainNNW 348°1,455 m7.4 mi
Flat Top MountainN 2°1,362 m2.2 mi
Howard KnobN 1°1,343 m7.0 mi
Nettle KnobWNW 292°1,284 m6.6 mi
Rich MountainNNW 329°1,281 m3.3 mi
Bentley KnobENE 62°1,256 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3717:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340505764686761514234

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/694835734

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