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North Carolina Museum of Art

North Carolina Museum of Art from directly overhead

North Carolina Museum of Art is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Blackwood Mountain stands 224 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Whisper Bench, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 19 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

state art museum in Raleigh, North Carolina

Dates from 1947.

Wikidata Q1459878, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.80864, -78.70430

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Whisper Bench: 0.0 mi
  • Mirror Labyrinth NY: 0.1 mi
  • Ernest and Ruth: 0.1 mi
  • A Closer Look: 0.1 mi
  • Ulau: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Meredith College Greenway: 0.7 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 0.8 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 0.8 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 1.0 mi
  • House Creek Greenway: 1.0 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Goodnights Comedy Club: 2.8 mi
  • Carousel: 3.0 mi
  • Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 5.0 mi
  • North Raleigh Business Center: 5.4 mi
  • Hi-Tech Fabrication Inc: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves: 50
Historic sites: 36
  • Nancy: 2.7 mi
  • Memorial Belltower: 2.8 mi
  • Lassiter Mill: 3.3 mi
  • Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 3.8 mi
  • Camp Craggy: 4.0 mi
Gardens: 33
Museums: 26
Peaks: 18
  • Green Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 10.3 mi
  • High Hill: 19.2 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 19.6 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Fountain Terrace: 3.0 mi
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.4 mi
  • Blount Room: 4.4 mi
  • Hargett Room: 4.4 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Crosswinds Beach: 16.9 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little River Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Moosejaw Falls: 22.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackwood MountainWNW 300°224 m24.6 mi
Edwards MountainW 278°203 m19.6 mi
Couch MountainNW 312°193 m22.2 mi
Nunn MountainWNW 298°188 m21.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 293°186 m24.4 mi
McCauley MountWNW 284°185 m23.1 mi
Boothe HillW 274°183 m19.9 mi
Red HillW 262°183 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
December solstice07:2216:2617:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424451616977807973625245
Precip in3.72.94.23.64.04.94.64.75.73.93.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh State Univ, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/580672486

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