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Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts

Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts from directly overhead

Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts is an artwork in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 594 m. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the north-northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Tom's Creek Mining and War Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.23075, -80.49425

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tom's Creek Mining and War Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Prices Fork Historic District: 1.5 mi
  • Heritage Community Park & Natural Area: 2.1 mi
  • Harvey Lee Price Park: 2.2 mi
  • Blacksburg Rotary Mountain Biking Skills Park: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 14
Artworks: 8
Nature reserves: 8
Museums: 7
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 8.4 mi
  • Keffer Oak: 10.5 mi
  • Eastern Continental Divide: 15.1 mi
  • Dixie Caverns: 17.6 mi
  • One Clear View: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Water Front: 17.1 mi
  • Waterfront: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobNNW 344°1,327 m8.6 mi
Butt MountainNW 324°1,282 m11.9 mi
Lookoff RockNW 324°1,256 m11.6 mi
Wind RockN 354°1,246 m12.7 mi
Brushy TopNNW 332°1,236 m12.5 mi
Lone Pine PeakN 360°1,232 m12.3 mi
Salt Pond MountainN 360°1,231 m12.3 mi
Doe MountainNNW 334°1,211 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0019:34
June solstice06:0320:0720:46
September equinox07:1018:4619:21
December solstice07:3316:2817:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542516068727064534335
Precip in3.22.83.83.84.54.34.23.63.42.92.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8599880681

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