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Wilson Center for Nature Discovery

Wilson Center for Nature Discovery from directly overhead

Wilson Center for Nature Discovery is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,432 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the northeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Forrest Gump Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.09008, -81.83571

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Linville Peak: 0.3 mi
  • Beacon Heights: 0.6 mi
  • MacRae Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Grandmother Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Calloway Peak: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Norris Clifton Park: 1.2 mi
  • J. Douglass Williams Park: 3.3 mi
  • Foscoe-Grandfather Community Center and Park: 4.3 mi
  • Otter Falls Park: 4.4 mi
  • The Park at Seven Devils: 4.4 mi
Waterfalls
  • Andrews Creek Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Tanawha Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Little Wilson Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Green Mountain Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Winston Falls: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 37
  • The Gardener: 9.3 mi
  • Jessie: 9.3 mi
  • The Rock: 11.9 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 12.1 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 36
  • Stack Rock: 0.9 mi
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 1.3 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 2.9 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 5.8 mi
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 12
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 8.5 mi
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 9.0 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Gardens: 11
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 12.0 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 12.3 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Springs: 5
  • Shanty Springs: 1.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 17.9 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 18.2 mi
  • Hampton Spring: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Wilson Center for Nature Discovery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakNE 44°1,804 m2.1 mi
Beech MountainNNW 339°1,663 m7.0 mi
Pinnacles of the BeechNNW 338°1,652 m7.0 mi
Sugar MountainNW 317°1,585 m3.3 mi
Hanging RockN 8°1,582 m4.4 mi
Flattop MountainNW 320°1,502 m2.3 mi
Rocky KnobN 356°1,502 m7.7 mi
Peak MountainN 2°1,473 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3516:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138475561656459494034
Precip in5.03.95.45.96.06.46.25.86.55.04.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/406891277

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