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Weatherspoon Art Museum

Weatherspoon Art Museum, a museum in North Carolina
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Weatherspoon Art Museum, a museum in North Carolina
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Weatherspoon Art Museum, a museum in North Carolina
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Weatherspoon Art Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Shepherd Mountain stands 356 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Foust Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Football Road passes 2.5 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Weatherspoon Art Museum is located at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is one of the largest collections of modern and contemporary art in the southeast with a focus on American art. Its programming includes fifteen or more exhibitions per year, year-round educational activities, and scholarly publications. The Weatherspoon Art Museum was accredited by the American Alliance of Museums in 1995 and earned reaccreditation status in 2005.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1941.

Wikidata Q7978319, matched on coordinates and name (4 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.06615, -79.80582
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Foust Park: 0.1 mi
  • Springdale Park: 0.1 mi
  • Peabody Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kevin Harvick Foundation Park: 0.6 mi
  • The Blandwood Gardens: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 52
Artworks: 51
  • Pepsi Mural: 0.2 mi
  • Minerva Statue: 0.2 mi
  • Charles Duncan McIver: 0.2 mi
  • Gateway of the Open Book: 0.4 mi
  • Five Points Bench: 0.4 mi
Museums: 25
Peaks: 9
  • Caraway Mountain: 22.2 mi
  • Cane Creek Mountains: 22.3 mi
  • Back Creek Mountain: 22.8 mi
  • Shepherd Mountain: 23.0 mi
  • Hedrick Mountain: 23.2 mi
Gardens: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Attractions: 5
  • The Big Chair: 20.0 mi
  • Railcar: 20.0 mi
  • Restored Caboose: 20.7 mi
  • Faith Rock: 23.2 mi
  • Mad Town Tubing: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Shelter #4: 20.9 mi
  • Shelter #2: 20.9 mi
  • Shelter #1: 20.9 mi
  • Shelter #3: 21.0 mi
  • Observation Platform: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Davidson County I-85 Southbound Rest Area: 23.8 mi
  • Davidson County I-85 Northbount Rest Area: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shepherd MountainSSW 201°356 m23.0 mi
Caraway MountainSSW 192°350 m22.2 mi
Daves MountainS 183°332 m23.5 mi
Back Creek MountainS 186°331 m22.8 mi
Oakie MountainS 180°311 m23.6 mi
Cane Creek MountainsESE 112°301 m22.3 mi
Baux MountainWNW 297°299 m24.8 mi
Hedrick MountainS 181°294 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:31
June solstice06:0320:0220:40
September equinox07:0818:4419:18
December solstice07:2716:2917:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404451606875807771605043
Precip in3.22.63.73.63.35.15.84.54.43.23.13.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1663832240

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