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House of Flags

House of Flags from directly overhead

House of Flags is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 337 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,208 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Pacolet River Byway passes 3.5 miles off.

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Coordinates35.25210, -82.19774

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.0 mi
  • Stearns Park: 0.1 mi
  • James R. Gibson Park: 0.4 mi
  • Polk County Recreation Complex: 3.2 mi
  • Harmon Field: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Lower Horse Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Shunkawauken Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Fungi Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Sillers Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Rainy Falls: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 44
  • Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Doughboy Statue: 0.1 mi
  • Blockhouse marker: 4.0 mi
  • Ruins Of A Portable Saw Mill: 7.1 mi
  • Blue Ridge Forest Swimming Pool: 7.9 mi
Museums: 14
  • Polk County History Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Tryon Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Landrum Depot: 5.2 mi
  • Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Western North Carolina Air Museum: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Pacolet River Passenger Car: 5.2 mi
  • Canopy Ridge Farm: 11.8 mi
  • Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 12.6 mi
  • Southern X793: 15.4 mi
  • Historical Downtown: 15.4 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Orange Bear: 5.3 mi
  • Globe: 7.7 mi
  • Maria: 14.8 mi
  • Lake Robinson RV Park: 18.8 mi
  • Chicken Statue: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Nature reserves: 10
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 5
  • 3: 22.4 mi
  • 2: 22.4 mi
  • 4: 22.4 mi
  • 1: 22.5 mi
  • 5: 22.5 mi
Springs: 4
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of House of Flags. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 339°1,208 m11.4 mi
Poplar MountainNNW 333°991 m10.7 mi
Tryon PeakWNW 291°986 m2.8 mi
Hogback MountainSW 224°978 m7.7 mi
Wildcat SpurNNW 338°971 m9.2 mi
White Oak MountainNNW 335°940 m2.2 mi
Rich MountainSW 230°922 m10.3 mi
Bryant MountainSW 229°921 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:41
June solstice06:1520:1020:47
September equinox07:1718:5419:27
December solstice07:3416:4217:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606774787671615144
Precip in5.34.55.55.35.35.55.56.15.64.94.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tryon, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/760236668

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