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Fine Art Museum

Fine Art Museum from directly overhead

Fine Art Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 639 m. Doubletop Mountain stands 1,634 m to the northeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Catamount Statue, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Western Carolina University - Bardo Performing Arts Center
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.30770, -83.18475

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bocce courts: 1.1 mi
  • Cullowhee Rec Center: 1.2 mi
  • East Laporte River Park: 2.2 mi
  • Webster River Access Point: 3.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Cullowhee Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Moses Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Grassy Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 16
Museums: 14
  • American Museum of the House Cat: 4.3 mi
  • Scottish Tartans Museum: 14.0 mi
  • Macon County Historical Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 14.3 mi
  • Oconaluftee Indian Village: 14.6 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Judaculla Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 4.6 mi
  • The Fugitive Train Wreck: 6.2 mi
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 9.0 mi
  • Soco Falls Overlook: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 9
  • Wi: 0.3 mi
  • Ear: 0.4 mi
  • American Eclipse: 0.4 mi
  • Chalice: 0.4 mi
  • Moai Statue: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 17.8 mi
  • Deep Creek Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • Heintooga Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Wine Spring: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 13.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Fine Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doubletop MountainNE 46°1,634 m6.8 mi
Coward BaldENE 63°1,576 m7.2 mi
Fern MountainNE 48°1,469 m6.1 mi
Wolf KnobSSW 195°1,457 m7.1 mi
Black MountainNE 50°1,431 m5.7 mi
Piney Ridge KnobNE 50°1,420 m5.7 mi
Buck KnobS 189°1,418 m7.3 mi
Sheep KnobSW 223°1,417 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:45
June solstice06:1920:1420:52
September equinox07:2118:5819:31
December solstice07:3816:4517:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374147566471747368574640
Precip in4.94.64.64.74.35.15.04.34.33.24.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cullowhee, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8949988646

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