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East Building

East Building from directly overhead

East Building is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Blackwood Mountain stands 224 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Elements, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 19 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates35.81011, -78.70241

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Three Elements: 0.0 mi
  • Untitled: 0.1 mi
  • Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge: 0.1 mi
  • Untitled: 0.1 mi
  • A Closer Look: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Meredith College Greenway: 0.6 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 0.6 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 0.6 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 0.8 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 0.9 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Goodnights Comedy Club: 2.8 mi
  • Carousel: 3.0 mi
  • Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 5.0 mi
  • North Raleigh Business Center: 5.3 mi
  • Hi-Tech Fabrication Inc: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 36
  • Nancy: 2.7 mi
  • Memorial Belltower: 2.7 mi
  • Lassiter Mill: 3.2 mi
  • Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 3.9 mi
  • Camp Craggy: 4.0 mi
Gardens: 33
Peaks: 17
  • Green Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 10.2 mi
  • High Hill: 19.2 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 19.7 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Fountain Terrace: 3.0 mi
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.5 mi
  • Blount Room: 4.3 mi
  • Hargett Room: 4.4 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Crosswinds Beach: 17.0 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 18.8 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 19.5 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little River Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Moosejaw Falls: 23.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of East Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackwood MountainWNW 299°224 m24.6 mi
Edwards MountainW 277°203 m19.7 mi
Couch MountainNW 311°193 m22.2 mi
Nunn MountainWNW 297°188 m21.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 293°186 m24.4 mi
McCauley MountWNW 284°185 m23.2 mi
Boothe HillW 273°183 m20.0 mi
Red HillW 262°183 m22.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
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, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/47838084

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