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Mountain Gateway Museum

Mountain Gateway Museum from directly overhead

Mountain Gateway Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 433 m. Pinnacle stands 1,721 m to the northwest, 7.5 miles off. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 6.6 miles off.

About

The story

History museum in Old Fort, North Carolina

Wikidata Q6924950, matched on coordinates and name (63 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Access
restricted
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.62734, -82.18018

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lindley Park: 1.3 mi
  • Old Fort Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Andrews Geyser: 3.8 mi
  • Waterfall Park: 6.6 mi
  • Welsh Field: 7.0 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Lower Catawaba Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Catawba Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Upper Catawba Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Hickory Branch Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Slick Falls: 4.7 mi
Historic sites: 29
Artworks: 25
  • Blue Ridge Assembly: 9.1 mi
  • Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 16.4 mi
  • Mosaic Mural: 20.9 mi
  • Art & Frame Store: 20.9 mi
  • The Market on Oak: 20.9 mi
Attractions: 21
  • McDowell Tourism Authority: 0.1 mi
  • Buck Creek Trout Farm: 8.5 mi
  • Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 14.0 mi
  • Canopy Ridge Farm: 14.2 mi
  • Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 16.8 mi
Museums: 19
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 8
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
Rest areas: 5
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 10.8 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 12.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Mountain Gateway Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PinnacleNW 315°1,721 m7.5 mi
Graybeard MountainWNW 301°1,635 m7.6 mi
Big SlatyWNW 300°1,597 m7.5 mi
Green KnobNNW 339°1,540 m6.8 mi
Glass Rock KnobNW 318°1,471 m6.6 mi
Walker's KnobWNW 298°1,455 m7.0 mi
Laurel KnobNNW 339°1,293 m5.7 mi
Thunder KnobWNW 296°1,245 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:41
June solstice06:1420:1120:48
September equinox07:1718:5419:27
December solstice07:3516:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370747367574740
Precip in4.23.64.24.54.85.44.86.25.74.13.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD FT 4 NE, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/33112363

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