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Meadows Museum, a museum in Texas
Meadows Museum, a museum in TexasMichael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Meadows Museum, a museum in Texas
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Meadows Museum, a museum in Texas
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Meadows Museum, a museum in Texas
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Meadows Museum, a museum in Texas
Photo: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0
Meadows Museum, a museum in Texas
Photo: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0

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Meadows Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sho, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 2.2 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Meadows Museum, nicknamed "Prado on the Prairie", is a two-story, 66,000 sq. ft.art museum in Dallas, Texas on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU). Operating as a division of SMU's Meadows School of the Arts, the museum houses one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish art outside of Spain, with works dating from the 10th to the 21st centuries.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1965.

Wikidata Q3303786, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.83841, -96.78425

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Native Texas Park: 0.4 mi
  • University Crossing Pocket Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hackberry Creek Park: 0.5 mi
  • Glencoe Park: 0.5 mi
  • Katy Trail Greenbelt: 0.6 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Frank H. Caven Memorial Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Legacy of Love Monument: 2.5 mi
  • Katy Trail Caboose: 2.9 mi
  • Topgolf: 3.1 mi
  • Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 3.5 mi
Museums: 48
Nature reserves: 17
Picnic sites: 8
  • Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Outpost: 7.1 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
  • Parkside Food Truck Park: 21.3 mi
  • The Corral: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Peaks: 5
  • Chalk Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Flower Mound: 20.4 mi
  • Mount Donwell: 23.4 mi
  • Mayor's Hill: 24.4 mi
  • Grayhawk Hill: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Lynn Creek Park Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Little Elm Beach: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • SoPac Trail Rest Area: 2.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • McKamy Spring: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Muddy Creek: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DonwellWNW 284°218 m23.4 mi
Chalk HillSW 224°202 m8.9 mi
Flower MoundNW 307°202 m20.4 mi
Mayor's HillWNW 293°180 m24.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:39
June solstice06:2020:0320:39
September equinox07:1618:5319:25
December solstice07:2716:4817:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485260677583878780695850
Precip in2.62.83.53.14.63.81.72.23.14.82.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dallas FAA AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/288541017

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