Levine Museum of the New South
Levine Museum of the New South is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Chandler The Chair Monster, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 19 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Levine Museum of the New South is a history museum located in Charlotte, North Carolina whose exhibits explore issues relevant to the history of the greater Charlotte metro area and spark curiosity about our world today. Founded in 1991 as the Museum of the New South, it was renamed after museum patron and Family Dollar founder Leon Levine in 2001.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2001.
Wikidata Q6535654, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 12 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 19.1 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
- 25.2 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 28.1 mi off the Millbridge Scenic Byway
- 29.5 mi off the Rolling Kansas Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Chandler The Chair Monster: 0.1 mi
- Queen Charlotte Walks in Her Garden: 0.1 mi
- Bus Stop: 0.1 mi
- The Future: 0.3 mi
- Commerce: 0.3 mi
- First Ward Park: 0.1 mi
- McColl Park: 0.3 mi
- Fourth Ward Park: 0.3 mi
- Gandhi Park: 0.5 mi
- The Green: 0.6 mi
- Coal car: 0.6 mi
- Graffiti Park: 1.5 mi
- Gainseville Midland: 2.5 mi
- Historic Rosedale: 2.6 mi
- Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 5.1 mi
- Captain James Jack: 0.3 mi
- CMPD Fallen Officers Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Mahatma Gandhi: 0.5 mi
- Liberty Hall Monument: 0.5 mi
- William Ewen Shipp Monument: 0.5 mi
- Discovery Place: 0.2 mi
- Bank of America Heritage Center: 0.2 mi
- Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art: 0.6 mi
- NASCAR Hall of Fame: 0.6 mi
- Mint Museum Uptown: 0.6 mi
- McGill Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
- Belmont Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Courtyard: 1.1 mi
- Sustainability Village Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Evergreen Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Whitehall Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Berryhill Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Capps Hill: 4.9 mi
- Berry Mountain: 13.8 mi
- Red Hill: 15.5 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 16.3 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 17.5 mi
- South Point Beach: 10.9 mi
- Sailing Beach: 14.5 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.7 mi
- SHOAL: 19.7 mi
- SHOAL: 20.5 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.6 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 11.8 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 23.0 mi
- High Shoals: 23.6 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 10.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Levine Museum of the New South. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowders Mountain | W 271° | 458 m | 24.7 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | WNW 287° | 375 m | 16.3 mi |
| Jackson Knob | W 265° | 328 m | 18.8 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NW 312° | 325 m | 20.7 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | SW 235° | 299 m | 18.4 mi |
| Berry Mountain | W 270° | 281 m | 13.8 mi |
| Gamble Hill | W 274° | 263 m | 24.9 mi |
| Capps Hill | NNW 339° | 244 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/398591589
Day trips start here
- Charlotte · 0 mi
- Charlotte/Uptown · 0 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 1 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 1 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 2 mi
- Charlotte/Myers Park · 2 mi
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