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Frist Art Museum

Frist Art Museum is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Nashville Yards Asension Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 293 miles off.

The story

The Frist Art Museum, formerly known as the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, is an art exhibition hall in Nashville, Tennessee, housed in the city's historic U.S. Post Office building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Dates from 2001.

Wikidata Q5504731, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates36.15756, -86.78369

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Nashville Yards Asension Park: 0.1 mi
  • Noble Park: 0.3 mi
  • Church Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Music City Walk of Fame Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tennessee Tower Plaza: 0.4 mi
Historic sites: 36
  • The Jungle and Juanita Historical Marker: 0.2 mi
  • Officers Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Timothy Demonbreun: 0.5 mi
  • Sam Davis: 0.5 mi
  • Andrew Jackson: 0.6 mi
Artworks: 20
Attractions: 18
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 11
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Creekside Crossing: 8.5 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 15.9 mi
  • Balthrop Park: 21.6 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 22.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 8.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Frist Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSE 155°370 m21.2 mi
ButeomontSSE 165°368.8 m17.7 mi
Jenkins HillSSE 160°367 m17.6 mi
Polk HillSSE 157°366 m18.3 mi
Morton KnobSSE 158°365 m17.6 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSSE 168°361 m16.1 mi
McMahan KnobS 170°355 m15.9 mi
Daddy KnobSSE 165°353 m18.4 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/130905893

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