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NC Transportation Museum

NC Transportation Museum from directly overhead

NC Transportation Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. High Rock Mountain stands 359 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Coleman Recreational Center, a park 0.6 miles away. Millbridge Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Private
Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes
Seasonal
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.68692, -80.43398

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Coleman Recreational Center: 0.6 mi
  • Spencer Park: 0.7 mi
  • Royal Giants Park: 1.0 mi
  • Long Street Park: 1.2 mi
  • Salisbury City Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites: 23
  • Patriot’s Flag Concourse: 1.7 mi
  • Flag Poles: 2.7 mi
  • Soldier Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Maine Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Trading Ford: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Peaks: 15
  • Dunn Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Youngs Mountain: 12.5 mi
  • High Rock Mountain: 13.6 mi
  • Grist Mountain: 16.1 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 16.2 mi
Museums: 12
  • Rowan Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Utzman-Chambers House: 2.5 mi
  • Hall House Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Textile Heritage Center: 11.2 mi
  • Sound Money Museum: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 7
Artworks: 7
  • Puzzle Piece: 13.7 mi
  • "Journey" Homeward: 13.8 mi
  • Oink-jection, Your Hogner: 13.9 mi
  • Sundial: 16.8 mi
  • Bloom: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Davidson County I-85 Northbount Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Davidson County I-85 Southbound Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Davie County, I-40 Eastbound Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 3
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High Rock MountainESE 112°359 m13.6 mi
Three Hat MountainENE 75°352 m17.4 mi
Youngs MountainWNW 286°334 m12.5 mi
Grist MountainE 100°334 m16.1 mi
Steep Rock MountainE 90°314 m21.1 mi
Dunn MountainS 172°303 m4.2 mi
Lick MountainE 89°298 m21.4 mi
Prickly Pear MountainE 89°290 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0019:34
June solstice06:0720:0420:42
September equinox07:1018:4719:20
December solstice07:2816:3317:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350606775787771604942
Precip in3.53.04.13.73.44.34.63.73.83.03.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/33112075

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