Columbia Museum of Art

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Columbia Museum of Art is a museum in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Little Mountain stands 243 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Canal Dime Savings Bank/Bouie v. City of Columbia (1964), a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Columbia Museum of Art is an art museum in the American city of Columbia, South Carolina.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1950.
Wikidata Q2383136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Canal Dime Savings Bank/Bouie v. City of Columbia (1964): 0.0 mi
- Taylor Street: 0.1 mi
- Efird's Department Store: 0.1 mi
- Lever Building: 0.1 mi
- St. Peter's Church and Ursuline Convent: 0.1 mi
- Finlay Park: 0.3 mi
- State House Park: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Columbia Historic District I: 0.5 mi
- The Horseshoe: 0.7 mi
- Never Bust: 0.0 mi
- Waterlines: 0.1 mi
- Milagros for Columbia: 0.1 mi
- Hope for Columbia: 0.1 mi
- The Pursuit of Opportunity: Celebrating African American Business: 0.1 mi
- Mann-Simons Site: 0.4 mi
- Hampton-Preston House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Family Home & Gardens: 0.5 mi
- World War Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Columbia Fire Department Museum: 0.7 mi
- DeBruhl-Marshall Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Robert Mills House and Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Seibels Garden: 0.6 mi
- South Caroliniana Garden: 0.6 mi
- Quinine Hill: 3.0 mi
- Brice Hill: 6.0 mi
- Nursery Hill: 9.7 mi
- Sand Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Green Hill Mound: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Pad #1: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Pad #4: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Pad #2: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Pad #3: 9.3 mi
- Yost Creek Trails & Farm: 11.0 mi
- Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Congaree National Park Wilderness: 20.5 mi
- USC Smokestack: 0.7 mi
- SC State Fairgrounds: 2.1 mi
- Kayaker's Beach: 2.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.3 mi
- Interstate 26 West Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Interstate 26 East Rest Area: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Columbia Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mountain | WNW 300° | 243 m | 25.0 mi |
| Mount Huckabee | WSW 239° | 137 m | 13.7 mi |
| Sand Mountain | S 185° | 125 m | 10.2 mi |
| Brice Hill | NNW 337° | 119 m | 6.0 mi |
| Quinine Hill | ENE 64° | 108 m | 3.0 mi |
| Cooks Mount | E 93° | 107 m | 22.2 mi |
| Haigs Hill | SSE 157° | 97 m | 15.0 mi |
| Nursery Hill | WNW 294° | 87 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:02 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbia Univ OF SC, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Columbia · 1 mi
- Congaree National Park · 21 mi
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