Acorn sculpture (Raleigh, North Carolina)
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Raleigh is the City of Oaks, hence the huge bronze acorn. The sculpture is removed from its stand every year for New Year's Eve, when it is suspended from a crane and "dropped" at midnight during the annual First Night celebration
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Coordinates: 35°46'37"N 78°38'8"W
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- Battle of South Mills 221 km
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- Lighthouse tracks 287 km
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- Historic Oakwood Neighborhood 0.9 km
- Boylan Heights 1.5 km
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- Dorothea Dix Park 2.1 km
- Wake County, North Carolina 2.5 km
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- North Carolina State University Main Campus 3.5 km
- North Carolina State University Centennial Campus 4.1 km