Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences
Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences is a museum in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Dry Pine Hill stands 9 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Telfair Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. SC-46 Scenic Highway passes 12 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Telfair Academy is a historic mansion at 121 Barnard Street in Savannah, Georgia. It was designed by William Jay and built in 1818, and is one of a small number of Jay's surviving works. It is one of three sites owned by Telfair Museums. Originally a family townhouse belonging to the Telfair family, it became a free art museum in 1886, and thus one of the first 10 art museums in America, and the oldest public art museum in the South. Its first director, elected in 1883, was artist Carl Ludwig Brandt, who spent winters in Savannah. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
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Dates from 1819.
Wikidata Q7697192, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 13 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Telfair Museums
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the SC-46 Scenic Highway
- 15.8 mi off the Hilton Head Scenic Highway
- 16.9 mi off the Historic Effingham-Ebenezer Scenic Byway
- 17.1 mi off the US-278 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Barrell Landing · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Telfair Square: 0.0 mi
- Flame of Freedom: 0.1 mi
- Ellis Square: 0.1 mi
- Franklin Square: 0.2 mi
- Orleans Square: 0.2 mi
- Flame of Freedom: 0.1 mi
- Wright Square: 0.2 mi
- General Nathanael Greene: 0.2 mi
- A World Apart / Cracked Earth: 0.3 mi
- African-American Monument: 0.3 mi
- Jepson Center for the Arts: 0.1 mi
- American Prohibition Museum: 0.1 mi
- Ships of the Sea Mairitme Museum: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- Savannah History Museum: 0.3 mi
- John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer: 0.1 mi
- Silence is Golden: 0.2 mi
- SCAD Beach: 0.3 mi
- John Wesley: 0.4 mi
- SCAD Sign: 0.5 mi
- Oglethorpe Trolley Tours Welcome Center: 0.2 mi
- River Street Riverboat Company: 0.3 mi
- Oglethorpe Trolley: 0.5 mi
- River Street: 0.5 mi
- Big Chairs: 0.6 mi
- SCAD Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Fragrant Garden: 0.7 mi
- Victory Heights Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Savannah Botanical Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Savannah Botancial Gardens: 5.1 mi
- Sassafras Hill: 19.1 mi
- Laurel Knoll: 19.4 mi
- Buzzard Knoll: 19.6 mi
- Calabash Knoll: 19.9 mi
- Prevent Knoll: 20.0 mi
- Causton Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Drakies Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Kirk Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Kilkenny Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Okatee Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Butter Bean Beach: 9.3 mi
- Savannah River Beach: 14.4 mi
- North Beach: 15.1 mi
- Back River Beach: 15.4 mi
- Mid Beach: 15.7 mi
- Oatland Island Wildlife Center Picnic Pavilion: 4.7 mi
- Wymberly Yacht Club: 7.5 mi
- Sgt. Jasper County Park: 17.3 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center: 10.6 mi
- I-16 Eastbound Weigh Station: 21.3 mi
- I-16 Westbound Weigh Station: 21.4 mi
- Tybee Island Lighthouse: 15.1 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 15.2 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 15.2 mi
- Purrysburg: 15.2 mi
- Ebenezer: 21.2 mi
- Sunbury: 24.1 mi
- Savannah National Wildlife Refuge: 5.6 mi
- Tybee National Wildlife Refuge: 10.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Pine Hill | N 353° | 9 m | 21.1 mi |
| Stevens Hill | N 353° | 8 m | 22.5 mi |
| Long Hill | N 351° | 7 m | 23.1 mi |
| Sassafras Hill | NNE 13° | 4 m | 19.1 mi |
| Laurel Knoll | NNE 15° | 4 m | 19.4 mi |
| Buzzard Knoll | NNE 15° | 4 m | 19.6 mi |
| Calabash Knoll | NNE 14° | 4 m | 19.9 mi |
| Prevent Knoll | NNE 14° | 4 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:04 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 19:58 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savannah Intl AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/130209226
Day trips start here
- Savannah · 0 mi
- Port Wentworth · 8 mi
- Skidaway Island · 11 mi
- Tybee Island · 15 mi
- Bluffton · 18 mi
- Hilton Head Island · 22 mi
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