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Mint Museum Uptown

Mint Museum Uptown, a museum in North Carolina
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Mint Museum Uptown, a museum in North Carolina
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Mint Museum Uptown, a museum in North Carolina
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Mint Museum Uptown, a museum in North Carolina
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Mint Museum Uptown, a museum in North Carolina
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Mint Museum Uptown is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Firebird, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 20 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Mint Museum, also referred to as The Mint Museums, is a cultural institution comprising two museums, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Mint Museum Randolph and Mint Museum Uptown, together these two locations have hundreds of collections showcasing art and design from around the globe. In 2018, The Mint Museum announced Todd A. Herman, PhD, former Executive Director at The Arkansas Arts Center, as the new president and CEO. Bruce LaRowe, former Executive Director of Children's Theatre of Charlotte, was the Interim CEO on June 21, 2017. He assumed the role after the end of Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson's presidency in 2017.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1936.

Wikidata Q6869561, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
31 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
Coordinates35.22452, -80.84832
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Attractions
  • Coal car: 1.2 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 2.1 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 2.2 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 3.2 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 4.8 mi
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 33
Gardens: 28
  • Courtyard: 0.5 mi
  • Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Wilmore Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • McGill Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Sustainability Village Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
Peaks: 11
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.8 mi
  • SHOAL: 19.7 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.1 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 11.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 22.5 mi
  • High Shoals: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 9.8 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crowders MountainW 271°458 m24.2 mi
Spencer MountainWNW 288°375 m15.9 mi
Henry KnobWSW 255°344 m24.9 mi
Jackson KnobW 266°328 m18.3 mi
Reese MountainNW 313°325 m20.5 mi
Nanny MountainSW 234°299 m17.8 mi
Berry MountainW 271°281 m13.2 mi
Gamble HillW 275°263 m24.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:35
June solstice06:1020:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
December solstice07:2916:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653616977807973625145
Precip in3.53.14.03.83.44.03.74.43.73.23.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/131139755

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