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Rollins Museum of Art, a museum in Florida
Rollins Museum of Art, a museum in FloridaEbyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rollins Museum of Art, a museum in Florida
Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rollins Museum of Art, a museum in Florida
Louis-Michel van Loo · Public domain
Rollins Museum of Art, a museum in Florida
Lavinia Fontana · Public domain
Rollins Museum of Art, a museum in Florida
William-Adolphe Bouguereau · Public domain
Rollins Museum of Art, a museum in Florida
Emma Soyer / Formerly attributed to Andrew Geddes · Public domain

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Rollins Museum of Art is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 94 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Virginia S Nelson Rose Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY passes 14 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Rollins Museum of Art (formerly the Cornell Fine Arts Museum) is located on the Winter Park campus of Rollins College and is the only teaching museum in the greater Orlando area. The museum houses more than 5,000 objects ranging from antiquity through contemporary eras, including rare old master paintings and a comprehensive collection of prints, drawings, and photographs. The museum displays temporary exhibitions on a rotating basis along with the permanent collection.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1978.

Wikidata Q5171521, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates28.59222, -81.34622

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dinky Dock Park: 0.1 mi
  • Alfred J. Hanna Mini Park: 0.4 mi
  • Shady Park: 0.7 mi
  • Azalea Lane Recreation Center: 0.9 mi
  • Alberta/Cortland Mini Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • The Lone Sailor: 1.3 mi
  • Miracles of Jesus 6: 1.7 mi
  • Miracles of Jesus 5: 1.7 mi
  • Miracles of Jesus 4: 1.7 mi
  • Miracles of Jesus 3: 1.7 mi
Attractions
Springs: 48
  • Sanlando Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Palm Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Ginger Ale Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Starbuck Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Stephan Spring: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 36
Museums: 35
Nature reserves: 30
Gardens: 29
  • Virginia S Nelson Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Miracle Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Jim Houser Azalea Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Lake Davis Greenwood Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Reiter Park Butterfly Garden: 7.5 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Big Thunder Mountain: 18.7 mi
  • Hillard Island: 18.7 mi
  • Mount Mayday: 19.2 mi
  • Buck Point Mound: 20.0 mi
  • Palmer-Taylor Mound: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Baldwin Park Beach: 1.7 mi
  • The Sandbox: 16.8 mi
  • Conrad Beach: 16.8 mi
  • South Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Howling Dog Beach: 18.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Silver Creek Falls: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Central Florida Bible Camp: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainW 280°94 m23.8 mi
Mount EverestSW 222°60 m21.8 mi
Mount GushmoreSW 220°57 m21.7 mi
Big Thunder MountainSW 231°32 m18.7 mi
Mount MaydaySW 216°29 m19.2 mi
Hillard IslandS 174°23.7 m18.7 mi
Dick IslandS 181°19.8 m24.2 mi
Buck Point MoundENE 78°3 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0619:37
June solstice06:2919:5220:27
September equinox07:1518:5219:23
December solstice07:1516:5817:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626468737882848482766964
Precip in2.62.12.72.73.78.28.17.76.63.21.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orlando Executive AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/538094873

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