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City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum)

City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum), a museum in North Carolina
City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum), a museum in North CarolinaJames Willamor · CC BY-SA 3.0
City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum), a museum in North Carolina
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City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum), a museum in North Carolina
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City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum), a museum in North Carolina
-ted from Raleigh, NC, USA · CC BY 2.0
City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum), a museum in North Carolina
-ted from Raleigh, NC, USA · CC BY 2.0
City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum), a museum in North Carolina
-ted from Raleigh, NC, USA · CC BY 2.0

City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum) is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Raleigh Lace Museum and Kristin S Conrad Lace Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 23 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The City of Raleigh Museum is a local history museum associated with Raleigh, North Carolina. The museum is located in the historic Briggs Hardware Building on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh and has a number of exhibits and programs that are free to the public.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1990.

Wikidata Q7286899, matched on coordinates and name (38 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
1874
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.77767, -78.63981
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • PNC Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Roofdeck Park: 0.1 mi
  • Nash Square: 0.2 mi
  • Union Square: 0.2 mi
  • Edison Apartment Courtyard & Dog Park: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • Charles Aycock: 0.2 mi
  • Zebulon Baird Vance: 0.2 mi
  • George Washington: 0.2 mi
  • Worth Bagley: 0.2 mi
  • Charles Duncan McIver: 0.2 mi
Attractions: 50
  • Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 0.8 mi
  • Carousel: 1.4 mi
  • Goodnights Comedy Club: 1.4 mi
  • Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 1.5 mi
  • North Raleigh Business Center: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 39
Historic sites: 30
Gardens: 27
Museums: 25
Picnic sites: 9
  • Blount Room: 0.2 mi
  • Hargett Room: 0.2 mi
  • Fountain Terrace: 1.4 mi
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 4.4 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Crosswinds Beach: 20.1 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 21.2 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 22.4 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Green Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 12.0 mi
  • High Hill: 23.2 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 23.5 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Little River Falls: 16.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Edwards MountainWNW 282°203 m23.5 mi
Boothe HillW 278°183 m23.7 mi
Adam MountainN 357°145 m12.0 mi
High HillWNW 285°144 m23.2 mi
Green HillNNE 21°136 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2216:2617:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424451616977807973625245
Precip in3.72.94.23.64.04.94.64.75.73.93.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh State Univ, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/323712282

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