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Michael C. Carlos Museum

Michael C. Carlos Museum, a museum in Georgia
Michael C. Carlos Museum, a museum in GeorgiaGary Todd from Xinzheng, China · CC0
Michael C. Carlos Museum, a museum in Georgia
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Michael C. Carlos Museum, a museum in Georgia
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Michael C. Carlos Museum, a museum in Georgia
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Michael C. Carlos Museum, a museum in Georgia
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Michael C. Carlos Museum, a museum in Georgia
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Michael C. Carlos Museum is a museum in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 280 m. Kennesaw Mountain stands 543 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cannon Chapel Mandala Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. South Fulton Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Michael C. Carlos Museum is an art museum located in Atlanta on the historic quadrangle of Emory University's main campus. The Carlos Museum has the largest ancient art collections in the Southeast, including objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, Africa and the ancient Americas. The collections are housed in a Michael Graves designed building which is open to the public.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1876.

Wikidata Q6829008, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
280 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.79050, -84.32417
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Cannon Chapel Mandala Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Cox Hall Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Theology Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Westchester Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Cator Woolford Gardens: 1.4 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Dooley Statue Park: 0.1 mi
  • Tom Aliberti Park: 0.3 mi
  • Burbanck Park: 0.3 mi
  • Emory Grove Park: 0.6 mi
  • Adams Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions: 41
Peaks: 20
Nature reserves: 16
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Aarlington Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Swan Lake Estates Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Costley Mill Park Beach: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Trentham Spring: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kennesaw MountainNW 311°543 m19.5 mi
Stone MountainE 84°514 m10.3 mi
Sweat MountainNNW 339°500 m20.5 mi
Little Kennesaw MountainNW 310°488 m19.5 mi
Lost MountainWNW 297°462 m24.0 mi
Blackjack MountainNW 324°418 m16.5 mi
Pine MountainNW 307°396 m23.0 mi
Pigeon HillNW 308°378 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:49
June solstice06:2820:1520:52
September equinox07:2619:0319:36
December solstice07:3916:5517:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653616976807973625245
Precip in4.64.54.73.93.84.74.74.54.13.44.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/51284602

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