Small Museum of Folk Art
Small Museum of Folk Art is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Nooe Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Devil's Stompin' Ground Road passes 0.3 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
- 12.1 mi off the Football Road
- 17.3 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 25 mi
- #12 Racecar · 25 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 25 mi
- Trading Path View · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nooe Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Pittsboro Lake Park: 0.8 mi
- Knight Farm Community Park: 0.9 mi
- Pittsboro Town Park: 0.9 mi
- Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park: 1.6 mi
- The Hooded Witch: 13.2 mi
- Exhale: 14.8 mi
- Bolin Creek Trail: 15.3 mi
- Tatanka: 16.1 mi
- Curvaceous Kiss: 17.2 mi
- Round Top Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Lambeth Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Red Hill: 5.1 mi
- Burnett Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Bennett Mountain: 8.4 mi
- White Pines Natural Area: 7.3 mi
- University Lake: 11.5 mi
- Mccauley Mountain: 12.4 mi
- University Lake: 12.4 mi
- University Lake: 12.6 mi
- Endor Iron Furnance (Civil War Era): 11.9 mi
- Collapsed Barn: 13.1 mi
- Joseph Caldwell Monument: 14.9 mi
- Unsung Founders Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Hippol Castle: 15.3 mi
- Sam W. Hitt Medicinal Plant Garden: 14.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 14.7 mi
- Poisonous Plant Garden: 14.7 mi
- Carrboro Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- Alumni Sculpture Garden: 14.8 mi
- Chatham Historical Museum: 0.2 mi
- Silk Hope Ruritan Club: 11.8 mi
- Carolina Basketball Museum: 14.4 mi
- Ackland Art Museum: 14.8 mi
- Morehead Planetarium: 15.0 mi
- The Rocks Gemstone Mining: 2.6 mi
- Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower: 14.7 mi
- Old Well: 14.9 mi
- Fireside Farm & Sawmill: 17.3 mi
- Phillips Farms: 18.5 mi
- Haw river beach: 4.4 mi
- Vista Point Beach: 7.0 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 7.5 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 7.8 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 8.4 mi
- White Oak Recreation Area: 9.1 mi
- Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 12.3 mi
- Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 12.3 mi
- Observation Platform: 21.0 mi
- Shelter #1: 24.0 mi
- Hollow Rock: 20.3 mi
- Raven Rock: 23.1 mi
- Coon rock, Jumping rock: 24.0 mi
- Kodak Rock: 24.8 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 4.2 mi
- Cedar Falls: 18.0 mi
- Jumping Fish Falls: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Small Museum of Folk Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | NW 317° | 301 m | 21.5 mi |
| Bass Mountain | NW 321° | 275 m | 19.9 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | N 7° | 261 m | 23.8 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | N 3° | 237 m | 16.8 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | N 8° | 234 m | 23.9 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | N 2° | 232 m | 10.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 11° | 232 m | 17.9 mi |
| Scarlett Hill | NNE 12° | 228 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
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 | 41 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham WTP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/5785410150
Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 17 mi
- Research Triangle · 24 mi
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