Mineral & Lapidary Museum
Mineral & Lapidary Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 654 m. Hightop Mountain stands 1,082 m to the north-northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Historical Downtown, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
The Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County is a non-profit, volunteer-run museum in Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States, founded in 1997 at 400 North Main Street in the middle of the city's Historic District.
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Wikidata Q6864343, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 8.0 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 12 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 13 mi
- Chestnut Cove Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Tom's Park: 0.4 mi
- Gatewate Park: 0.5 mi
- Four Seasons Rotary Park: 0.6 mi
- Lennox Park: 0.8 mi
- Rutledge Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Long John Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Guice Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Stoney Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Bollers Knob: 3.3 mi
- Turley Falls: 3.4 mi
- Lake Falls: 4.0 mi
- Edge of the World Falls: 5.7 mi
- Case Falls: 6.0 mi
- Briefcase Falls: 6.0 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 0.2 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 7.4 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 8.6 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 9.1 mi
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 9.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.4 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 14.8 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 14.9 mi
- Forest Meadow: 14.9 mi
- Rhododendron Collection: 15.0 mi
- Statue of Diana: 16.2 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 18.8 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 18.9 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 18.9 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 18.9 mi
- Historical Downtown: 0.1 mi
- Southern X793: 0.3 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 2.5 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 8.5 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 8.7 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 1.7 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 4.0 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 8.4 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 14.5 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 15.4 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 3.8 mi
- High Rocks: 4.7 mi
- Long Rock: 11.1 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 11.8 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 1.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 13.4 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 15.5 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 17.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 0.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 1.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 20.7 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 14.7 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Mineral & Lapidary Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hightop Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,082 m | 7.2 mi |
| Rich Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,048 m | 6.5 mi |
| Snaggy Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,027 m | 6.9 mi |
| Couch Mountain | N 1° | 1,013 m | 6.4 mi |
| Rich Mountain | SSW 204° | 1,002 m | 6.9 mi |
| Ann Mountain | SSW 199° | 990 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hammond Mountain | SSW 196° | 963 m | 6.2 mi |
| Jumpoff Mountain | W 264° | 953 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hendersonville 1 NE, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Asheville · 19 mi
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