Chasing Rainbows Museum
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Chasing Rainbows Museum is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 307 m. Balsam Point stands 1,774 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Barnstormer Ride, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 6.2 miles off.
The story
The Chasing Rainbows Museum was a museum based on the country music singer Dolly Parton. It was located in the Dollywood theme park, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2002.
Wikidata Q5087326, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dollywood
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 21.8 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 23.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 9 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 14 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 14 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Barnstormer Ride: 0.2 mi
- Thunderhead: 0.2 mi
- Lumberjack Lift: 0.2 mi
- Wild Eagle: 0.3 mi
- Tennessee Tornado: 0.4 mi
- Patriot Park: 1.1 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 3.0 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 4.6 mi
- Paine Memorial Park: 5.4 mi
- Mills Park: 6.3 mi
- Davids Knob: 1.3 mi
- Painters Knob: 1.8 mi
- Sugar Camp Knob: 2.6 mi
- Seaton Top: 2.6 mi
- Shields Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Thousand Drips: 6.5 mi
- Cataract Falls: 7.3 mi
- Baskins Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
- Laurel Falls: 8.8 mi
- Grotto Falls: 9.7 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 2.1 mi
- Cooter's Place: 2.4 mi
- Tennessee Museum of Aviation: 4.5 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 4.6 mi
- Sevier County Heritage Museum: 5.2 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 1.0 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 1.1 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 8.2 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 9.6 mi
- The Shinbone: 4.2 mi
- East End: 6.7 mi
- Sheepwalk Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Eight Acre Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Hanging Rock: 10.9 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 10.5 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Fish: 1.3 mi
- Veterans Statue: 5.3 mi
- Dolly Parton: 5.3 mi
- Bear: 5.7 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 24.0 mi
- Vista Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 23.3 mi
- Van Lester Estate: 23.9 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 24.8 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 24.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 9.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 11.2 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 21.4 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 21.4 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 21.6 mi
- Strong rock spring: 18.3 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 22.2 mi
- Burnett Spring: 22.2 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 23.9 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 24.0 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 21.1 mi
- I-81 Jefferson County West: 22.9 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 7.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Chasing Rainbows Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balsam Point | SSE 160° | 1,773.94 m | 10.4 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SE 144° | 1,498.69 m | 10.0 mi |
| Lookout Rock | SE 142° | 1,354.1 m | 9.3 mi |
| Round Top | SE 145° | 1,314.3 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bull Head | SSE 164° | 1,310.94 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Winnesoka | SE 144° | 1,305.86 m | 9.0 mi |
| Phils View | SSW 202° | 1,185.75 m | 7.4 mi |
| Chinquapin Knob | SSW 207° | 1,144 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4035680100
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