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Confederate Soldier Monument

Confederate Soldier Monument from directly overhead

Confederate Soldier Monument is an artwork in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Pinnacle stands 864 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Court House Civil War Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.18449, -78.16531

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Taylor Pavilion: 0.1 mi
  • Winchester Historic District: 0.1 mi
  • Timbrook Park: 0.3 mi
  • Elk Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • NESW Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 33
  • Timbrook Park: 0.3 mi
  • Judge John Handley Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • POW-MIA Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • 1st and 2nd Battles of Kernstown: 3.5 mi
  • Virginia Tech Massacre Memorial: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Farnham Colossi: 17.0 mi
  • Cider Stage: 19.2 mi
  • Gem Mining Sluice: 19.3 mi
  • Peacocks: 19.3 mi
  • Pig Pen: 19.3 mi
Museums: 19
Artworks: 15
  • Admiral Richard Byrd: 0.1 mi
  • Expanding Tradition Apple Statue: 0.1 mi
  • World's Largest Apple: 0.2 mi
  • Young George Washington: 0.2 mi
  • Daniel Morgan: 0.3 mi
Springs: 12
  • Town Spring: 0.6 mi
  • Vaucluse Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Cool Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Yellow Rose Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Rock Spring: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Gardens: 6
  • Herb Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Paris Vegetable Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 19.2 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Beach 2: 11.6 mi
  • Beach 3: 12.2 mi
  • Beach 1: 12.2 mi
  • River Access: 15.6 mi
  • River Access: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Mountain Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Pua Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Lands Run Falls: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Confederate Soldier Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PinnacleW 259°864 m14.7 mi
Johnnies KnobWSW 248°803 m18.7 mi
Eagle RockWSW 253°791 m16.4 mi
Spring MountainWSW 254°738 m17.2 mi
Meneka PeakSSW 209°730 m18.6 mi
Blue MountainSSE 154°674 m17.5 mi
Short MtnWSW 250°660 m17.2 mi
Signal KnobSSW 210°642 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4919:25
June solstice05:4720:0320:43
September equinox07:0118:3619:12
December solstice07:2916:1116:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543546372767467554537
Precip in2.82.23.53.54.24.14.13.24.23.02.83.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4725164071

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