Science and Technology Museum of Atlanta
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Science and Technology Museum of Atlanta is a museum in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 294 m. Kennesaw Mountain stands 543 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Renaissance Park, a park 0.1 miles away. South Fulton Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Science & Technology Museum of Atlanta, usually known as SciTrek, was located at 395 Piedmont Avenue (33.766°N 84.3816°W / 33.766; -84.3816) in Atlanta, Georgia, next to the Atlanta Civic Center. It was open from 1988 to 2004, when severe funding cuts forced its permanent closure and the dispersal of its assets.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1988-10-29.
Wikidata Q7433408, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 294 m
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the South Fulton Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Renaissance Park: 0.1 mi
- The Park at Saint Luke's: 0.2 mi
- Central Park: 0.3 mi
- Hardy Ivy Park: 0.4 mi
- Walden Athletics Complex: 0.6 mi
- Meraki: 0.3 mi
- I Found my Future in the Wind: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Heart: 0.3 mi
- Wind Chime Brasso Profundo: 0.3 mi
- Ex Static Test Program: 0.4 mi
- Xerona Clayton Statue: 0.4 mi
- Carnegie Education Pavilion: 0.5 mi
- Southern Company: 0.5 mi
- Baltimore Block: 0.5 mi
- James J. Andrews: 0.5 mi
- 754 Peachtree Rear Plaza: 0.7 mi
- International Peace Fountain Plaza: 0.8 mi
- Five Points Farm: 1.5 mi
- Conifer Garden: 1.6 mi
- Perennial Border: 1.6 mi
- Children's Museum of Atlanta: 0.7 mi
- National Center for Civil and Human Rights: 0.7 mi
- World of Coca-Cola: 0.7 mi
- Apex Museum: 0.8 mi
- Madame C.J. Walker’s Beauty Shoppe and WERDStudio Museum: 0.8 mi
- Olympic Rings: 0.8 mi
- Fountain of Rings: 0.8 mi
- Atlanta Botanical Garden: 1.7 mi
- The Walking Dead - Terminus filming location: 2.6 mi
- The Wren's Nest: 3.1 mi
- Druid Hill: 5.5 mi
- Stone Mountain: 13.8 mi
- Jack's Hill: 14.6 mi
- Panola Mountain: 15.1 mi
- Blackjack Mountain: 16.3 mi
- Lullwater Conservation Garden: 2.8 mi
- Woodlands Garden: 4.6 mi
- Glenn Creek Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Intrenchment Creek greenspace: 5.9 mi
- Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Dat Fire Jerk Chicken Up Top Lounge: 1.8 mi
- Mead Road Park: 4.3 mi
- Studdard Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- East Cobb Park pavilion: 15.2 mi
- Vickery Creek Falls: 17.1 mi
- Anneewakee Falls: 18.1 mi
- Water Wheel: 18.8 mi
- Aarlington Beach: 10.8 mi
- Swan Lake Estates Beach: 16.4 mi
- Constitution: 5.8 mi
- Trentham Spring: 16.1 mi
- McDaniels Bluff: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Science and Technology Museum of Atlanta. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennesaw Mountain | NW 322° | 543 m | 18.4 mi |
| Stone Mountain | ENE 78° | 514 m | 13.8 mi |
| Sweat Mountain | NNW 348° | 500 m | 21.2 mi |
| Little Kennesaw Mountain | NW 320° | 488 m | 18.4 mi |
| Lost Mountain | NW 305° | 462 m | 22.1 mi |
| Blackjack Mountain | NNW 337° | 418 m | 16.3 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NW 316° | 396 m | 21.6 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | W 267° | 379 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:17 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:15 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:55 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Fulton CO AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/367915517
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