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Catawba County Historical Museum

Catawba County Historical Museum from directly overhead

Catawba County Historical Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 302 m. Dogwood Stamp Mountain stands 771 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Catawba County War Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. South Mountain Scenery passes 29 miles off.

About

The story

county courthouse in Newton, United States of America

Wikidata Q18148844, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.66304, -81.22195
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Yount Park: 0.0 mi
  • Newton Recreation Center: 0.1 mi
  • East Newton Park: 0.7 mi
  • Westside Jaycee Park: 0.9 mi
  • Little Brook Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 27
  • Martin Luther: 7.9 mi
  • Historic Beginnings: 8.2 mi
  • Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center's Educational Complex: 18.1 mi
  • Spirit Waves Foutain: 24.0 mi
  • Waves III: 24.0 mi
Museums: 23
  • Newton Depot Model Railroad Center: 0.7 mi
  • Historic Newton Depot: 0.7 mi
  • Newton Depot Equipment Pavilion: 0.8 mi
  • Catawba County Firefighter’s Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Arts & Science Center: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 14
Waterfalls: 9
  • Granite Falls: 14.2 mi
  • High Shoals: 18.5 mi
  • McGalliard Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Little River Falls: 22.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Attractions: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Eastbound MM 136: 6.8 mi
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Westbound MM 136: 7.0 mi
  • Observation Deck: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 3
  • SHOAL: 18.2 mi
  • SHOAL: 18.6 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Peninsula: 19.8 mi
  • Fox Den: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Catawba County Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dogwood Stamp MountainWSW 257°771 m23.9 mi
Hickory KnobNNW 345°769 m23.8 mi
Walnut KnobNNW 348°759 m24.2 mi
Cox KnobNNW 341°728 m23.2 mi
Chestnut KnobW 262°695 m23.7 mi
High RockWSW 254°677 m23.6 mi
Hibriten MountainNW 318°674 m22.6 mi
Simms HillW 265°637 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0319:37
June solstice06:1020:0720:45
September equinox07:1418:5019:23
December solstice07:3216:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606876797771615143
Precip in3.73.14.23.84.14.24.24.84.03.33.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catawba 5 SW, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4134015698

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