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Mt Mitchell Museum

Mt Mitchell Museum, a museum in North Carolina
Mt Mitchell Museum, a museum in North CarolinaSweeny at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Mt Mitchell Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 2,005 m. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the south-southeast, 0.1 miles off. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.76639, -82.26558

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
Parks
Historic sites: 32
  • Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
  • Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.6 mi
  • Otway Burns: 10.6 mi
  • Arrowhead Monument: 10.6 mi
  • Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Friends: 10.5 mi
  • Stream: 10.5 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 10.5 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 10.5 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Buck Creek Trout Farm: 6.6 mi
  • Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 9.3 mi
  • Navitat Canopy Adventures: 10.0 mi
  • McDowell Tourism Authority: 10.7 mi
  • Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 14.1 mi
Museums: 17
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 9
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 0.1 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 4.4 mi
  • Linville Falls Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.4 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.4 mi
  • McDowell County Rest Area: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Mt Mitchell Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MitchellSSE 165°2,038 m0.1 mi
Mount CraigNNE 15°2,023 m0.8 mi
Balsam ConeNNE 19°2,007 m1.7 mi
Big TomNNE 19°2,002 m1.0 mi
Cattail PeakNNE 13°1,986 m2.2 mi
Clingmans PeakSSW 208°1,981 m2.5 mi
Mount GibbesSSW 211°1,971 m2.2 mi
Potato KnobSSW 210°1,946 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:41
June solstice06:1420:1120:49
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3616:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252732415056605954453630
Precip in7.55.67.26.56.15.56.97.78.86.36.26.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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