Firehouse Museum
Firehouse Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. High Rock Mountain stands 359 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Badin Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Pee Dee Valley Drive runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Badin
How to reach it
- On the Pee Dee Valley Drive
- 4.6 mi off the Sandhills Scenic Drive
- 7.7 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
- 9.2 mi off the Flint Hill Ramble
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Lookout · 8 mi
- Jumping Off Rock · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fall Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Palmer Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Hattaway Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Falls Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Badin Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Pine Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Badin Waterfront Park: 0.2 mi
- Badin Recreational Park: 0.4 mi
- Badin Public Access & Swimming: 0.6 mi
- Chivington Scenic Easement: 2.1 mi
- Wrc Lakemont Access Area: 5.8 mi
- Richfield Park: 9.7 mi
- Wrc Norwood Access Area: 10.9 mi
- Wrc Norwood Access Area: 11.0 mi
- Badin Museum: 0.0 mi
- Morrow Mountain Then and Now Museum: 3.2 mi
- Stanly County Museum: 6.1 mi
- Mt Gilead Museum Foundation: 14.5 mi
- Oakboro Railroad Museum: 17.4 mi
- Historic Stony Hill Church Site Monument: 2.8 mi
- Will Lowder Homesite Monument: 2.8 mi
- Ben Lowder Homesite: 3.0 mi
- Joe Moffitt Memorial: 11.4 mi
- American Veterans Post 240: 15.8 mi
- Barnes Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
- Gravity Hill - Folklore Destination: 14.4 mi
- E. H. Montgomery General Store: 15.1 mi
- Kings Mountain Point Day Use Area: 3.8 mi
- Solar Pointe Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Twin Spring: 12.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.1 mi
- Uwharrie Falls: 1.3 mi
- Randolph County I-73/I-74 Northbound Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Firehouse Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Rock Mountain | NNW 339° | 359 m | 15.5 mi |
| Grist Mountain | N 353° | 334 m | 16.9 mi |
| Steep Rock Mountain | N 9° | 314 m | 19.6 mi |
| King Mountain | NE 49° | 309 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cedar Rock Mountain | NE 41° | 299 m | 19.1 mi |
| Lick Mountain | N 10° | 298 m | 20.0 mi |
| Prickly Pear Mountain | N 7° | 290 m | 19.9 mi |
| Dark Mountain | ENE 62° | 289 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:02 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:33 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albemarle, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/513333061
Day trips start here
- Mount Pleasant · 18 mi
- Midland · 25 mi
- Concord · 27 mi
- Salisbury · 27 mi
- Kannapolis · 29 mi
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