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Pope House Museum

Pope House Museum, a museum in North Carolina
Pope House Museum, a museum in North CarolinaScott Thompson · CC BY 3.0
Pope House Museum, a museum in North Carolina
Scott Thompson · CC BY 3.0
Pope House Museum, a museum in North Carolina
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Pope House Museum, a museum in North Carolina
Scott Thompson · CC BY 3.0
Pope House Museum, a museum in North Carolina
Sam Shaber · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pope House Museum, a museum in North Carolina
Sam Shaber · CC BY-SA 3.0

Pope House Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Central Downtown Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 24 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Pope House Museum, built in 1901, is a restored home once owned by Dr. Manassa Thomas Pope, a prominent African-American citizen of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Pope House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, It was an official project of the Save America’s Treasures Program and the city of Raleigh took over management of it, offering tours for the first time in 2012.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7229176, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.77371, -78.63823
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Central Downtown Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Red Hat Outdoor Terrace & Park: 0.1 mi
  • Edison Apartment Courtyard & Dog Park: 0.2 mi
  • Roofdeck Park: 0.2 mi
  • PNC Plaza: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • Red Hat Armadillo: 0.1 mi
  • Zebulon Baird Vance: 0.4 mi
  • Charles Aycock: 0.4 mi
  • George Washington: 0.4 mi
  • Charles Duncan McIver: 0.4 mi
Attractions: 49
  • Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 0.6 mi
  • Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 1.2 mi
  • Carousel: 1.5 mi
  • Goodnights Comedy Club: 1.6 mi
  • North Raleigh Business Center: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Historic sites: 28
Gardens: 26
Museums: 24
Picnic sites: 7
  • Blount Room: 0.3 mi
  • Hargett Room: 0.3 mi
  • Fountain Terrace: 1.5 mi
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 4.5 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Crosswinds Beach: 20.1 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 21.3 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 22.4 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Green Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Adam Mountain: 12.3 mi
  • High Hill: 23.3 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 23.6 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Little River Falls: 16.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Edwards MountainWNW 282°203 m23.6 mi
Boothe HillW 279°183 m23.8 mi
Adam MountainN 357°145 m12.3 mi
High HillWNW 286°144 m23.3 mi
Green HillNNE 20°136 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/47759988

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