Discovery Place
Discovery Place is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Fourth Ward Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 19 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Discovery Place Science is a science and technology museum, located in Uptown, Charlotte, North Carolina. Discovery Place Science operates The Charlotte Observer IMAX Dome Theater, also referred to as an OMNIMAX theater. It is the largest IMAX Dome Theater in the Carolinas. The museum opened in 1981 and was renovated in 2010. The IMAX Dome was opened in 1991. The theater-naming rights were secured by The Charlotte Observer.
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Dates from 1981.
Wikidata Q5281960, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 22 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 19.1 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
- 25.0 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 28.0 mi off the Millbridge Scenic Byway
- 29.6 mi off the Rolling Kansas Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Fourth Ward Park: 0.2 mi
- McColl Park: 0.2 mi
- First Ward Park: 0.3 mi
- The Green: 0.5 mi
- Gandhi Park: 0.6 mi
- Queen Charlotte Walks in Her Garden: 0.2 mi
- Commerce: 0.2 mi
- The Future: 0.2 mi
- Transportation: 0.2 mi
- Industry: 0.2 mi
- Coal car: 0.8 mi
- Graffiti Park: 1.6 mi
- Gainseville Midland: 2.6 mi
- Historic Rosedale: 2.7 mi
- Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 5.2 mi
- Captain James Jack: 0.2 mi
- William Ewen Shipp Monument: 0.3 mi
- Liberty Hall Monument: 0.4 mi
- Confederate States Navy Yard Marker: 0.5 mi
- Mecklenburg County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 0.5 mi
- Levine Museum of the New South: 0.2 mi
- Bank of America Heritage Center: 0.2 mi
- Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art: 0.5 mi
- Mint Museum Uptown: 0.5 mi
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture: 0.6 mi
- McGill Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
- Courtyard: 1.1 mi
- Sustainability Village Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Belmont Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
- Evergreen Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Whitehall Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Berryhill Nature Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Capps Hill: 4.8 mi
- Berry Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Red Hill: 15.7 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 16.2 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 17.4 mi
- South Point Beach: 10.9 mi
- Sailing Beach: 14.5 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.6 mi
- SHOAL: 19.5 mi
- SHOAL: 20.3 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.6 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 11.8 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 22.6 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
- High Shoals: 23.4 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 10.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Discovery Place. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowders Mountain | W 271° | 458 m | 24.6 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | WNW 287° | 375 m | 16.2 mi |
| Jackson Knob | W 265° | 328 m | 18.7 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NW 312° | 325 m | 20.6 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | SW 234° | 299 m | 18.3 mi |
| Berry Mountain | W 269° | 281 m | 13.6 mi |
| Gamble Hill | W 274° | 263 m | 24.8 mi |
| Capps Hill | NNW 340° | 244 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/174231925
Day trips start here
- Charlotte · 0 mi
- Charlotte/Uptown · 0 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 1 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 1 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 2 mi
- Charlotte/Myers Park · 2 mi
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