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NCMA Winston-Salem (formerly SECCA)

NCMA Winston-Salem (formerly SECCA) from directly overhead

NCMA Winston-Salem (formerly SECCA) is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Moores Knob stands 783 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Reynolda Gardens, a attraction 0.5 miles away. Hanging Rock Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is a multimedia contemporary art gallery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. SECCA has no permanent collection but offers exhibitions of works by artists with regional, national, and international recognition. Although founded as a private institution, it became an operating entity of the North Carolina Museum of Art under the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources in 2007. Admission is free. SECCA has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) since 1979, one of only 300 museums in the United States to earn this distinction. In 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly renamed SECCA as the North Carolina Museum of Art Winston-Salem. The SECCA Foundation was dissolved, with its assets transferred to the NCMA Foundation.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1956.

Wikidata Q373379, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.11991, -80.29027
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Polo Park: 0.7 mi
  • Polo Park and Recreation Center: 0.8 mi
  • Leinbach Park: 1.7 mi
  • Hathaway Park: 2.0 mi
  • Hanes Park: 2.1 mi
Historic sites: 40
Museums: 21
Artworks: 17
Peaks: 13
  • Baux Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • Piney Mountain: 16.1 mi
  • Stony Ridge: 16.8 mi
  • Cooks Wall Mountain: 17.9 mi
  • Flat Shoal Mountain: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Waterfalls: 8
  • Shacktown Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Upper Casscades: 19.1 mi
  • Tise falls: 19.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Window Falls: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Magnolia Springs: 18.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of NCMA Winston-Salem (formerly SECCA). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moores KnobN 1°783 m19.2 mi
Pilot MountainNW 326°735 m18.3 mi
Cooks Wall MountainN 0°707 m17.9 mi
Sauratown MountainNNW 346°683 m18.2 mi
Hanging RockN 6°641 m19.2 mi
Cole Gap MountainN 4°616 m18.5 mi
Ruben MountainN 356°547 m18.5 mi
Flat Shoal MountainNNE 12°490 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5919:33
June solstice06:0520:0420:42
September equinox07:1018:4619:20
December solstice07:2916:3117:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350596875797771605043
Precip in3.42.93.63.73.83.64.24.53.93.33.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winston Salem Reynolds AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/31295942

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