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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, a museum in Tennessee
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, a museum in Tennessee
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, a museum in Tennessee
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, a museum in Tennessee
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, a museum in Tennessee
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, a museum in Tennessee
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 129 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Music City Walk of Fame Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 293 miles off.

About

The story

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the world's largest museums and research centers dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of American country music. Chartered in 1964, the museum has amassed one of the world's most extensive musical collections.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1961.

Wikidata Q680685, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.15837, -86.77616
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Music City Walk of Fame Park: 0.1 mi
  • Commerce Center Park: 0.3 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Metro Riverfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
Museums: 37
Historic sites: 36
  • Timothy Demonbreun: 0.2 mi
  • The Jungle and Juanita Historical Marker: 0.4 mi
  • Fort Nashborough: 0.4 mi
  • Outstanding Nashvillian Monument: 0.4 mi
  • James Robertson and John Donelson: 0.4 mi
Artworks: 20
Attractions: 18
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 10
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Creekside Crossing: 8.6 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 15.6 mi
  • Balthrop Park: 21.9 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 22.0 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 3.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 8.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSE 156°370 m21.0 mi
ButeomontSSE 166°368.8 m17.7 mi
Jenkins HillSSE 162°367 m17.5 mi
Polk HillSSE 158°366 m18.2 mi
Morton KnobSSE 160°365 m17.5 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobS 169°361 m16.0 mi
McMahan KnobS 171°355 m15.9 mi
Daddy KnobSSE 166°353 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5515:5716:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250606875797872604941
Precip in4.74.65.44.85.34.34.33.74.23.83.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/130905919

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