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Heard County Historical Center and Museum

Heard County Historical Center and Museum from directly overhead

Heard County Historical Center and Museum is a museum in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Blackjack Mountain stands 470 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Franklin City Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Interstate 185 passes 17 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
212 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.27984, -85.09855
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Franklin City Park: 0.1 mi
  • Old Heard County Recreation Department: 0.3 mi
  • Bush Head Shoals Access Park: 3.4 mi
  • New Heard County Recreation Department: 4.0 mi
  • Snake Creek Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Stone Mill Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Dunbar Mountain: 11.3 mi
  • Blackjack Mountain: 14.5 mi
  • Hogg Mountain: 22.6 mi
  • Swan Hill: 24.5 mi
Historic sites: 6
Museums: 5
  • Roopville Agricultural Museum: 12.4 mi
  • ChildrenConnect Museum: 18.4 mi
  • The McRitchie-Hollis Museum: 18.6 mi
  • The Lewis Grizzard Museum: 19.0 mi
  • Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 2
  • The Walking Dead - Morgan's appartement: 15.5 mi
  • Chaos Haunted House: 23.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Unity: 21.0 mi
  • Matthew 4:19: 21.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Whispering Hills Memorial Nature Preserve: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Yellow Jacket Beach: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Heard County Historical Center and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackjack MountainNW 318°470 m14.5 mi
Cockrell MountainW 275°334 m24.5 mi
Stone Mill MountainNW 313°299 m2.5 mi
Swan HillWSW 258°276 m24.5 mi
Hogg MountainS 176°265 m22.6 mi
Dunbar MountainESE 102°259 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:2019:52
June solstice06:3220:1720:54
September equinox07:2919:0619:39
December solstice07:4117:0017:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434753616976797873625245
Precip in4.95.05.44.13.73.94.74.63.93.04.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newnan 7 WNW, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367915500

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