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Schiele Museum

Schiele Museum from directly overhead

Schiele Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 232 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Russel McConnel Memorial, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 7.2 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Schiele Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Gastonia, North Carolina. The museum's exhibits consist primarily of life science specimens, including several fossil casts, dioramas, and live animals. It hosts one of the largest collections of Catawba Indian pottery in the world.

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Wikidata Q30288610, matched on coordinates and name (3 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
232 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.25323, -81.15830
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Russel McConnel Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Sculpture of Queen Charlotte: 12.3 mi
  • Thánh Giuse: 12.9 mi
  • "Shuffletown Hand": 13.0 mi
  • Ascendus: 13.5 mi
Parks
  • Lineburger Park: 0.8 mi
  • Ferguson Park: 1.5 mi
  • Rotary Centennial Pavilion: 1.6 mi
  • Northeast Community Park: 2.0 mi
  • North Park: 2.1 mi
Attractions: 57
Historic sites: 51
Museums: 33
  • American Military Museum: 1.5 mi
  • Gaston County Museum: 4.4 mi
  • Millican Pictorial History Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Mount Holly Historical Society Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Kings Mountain Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
Gardens: 26
Nature reserves: 24
Peaks: 19
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 11.9 mi
  • SHOAL: 19.8 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 20.5 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Long Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
  • High Shoals: 10.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 16.4 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 17.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 16.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleWSW 250°520 m9.3 mi
Anderson MountainN 10°471 m22.0 mi
Crowders MountainWSW 258°458 m6.8 mi
Little MountainNNE 12°409 m23.6 mi
Spencer MountainNE 39°375 m3.9 mi
Whitaker MountainWSW 248°356 m21.0 mi
Henry KnobSW 218°344 m10.7 mi
Jackson KnobSSW 193°328 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0319:37
June solstice06:1120:0620:43
September equinox07:1318:5019:23
December solstice07:3016:3817:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653626977817974635245
Precip in3.83.33.63.53.54.33.54.53.73.43.03.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gastonia, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/967559657

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