Frank Beamer Statue
Frank Beamer Statue is an artwork in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 629 m. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hahn Horticultural Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 17.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 21 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 22 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 24 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dietrick Lawn: 0.3 mi
- Prairie Quad: 0.4 mi
- New Res Quad: 0.5 mi
- Slusher Beach: 0.5 mi
- President's Quad: 0.5 mi
- High Knob: 2.3 mi
- Price Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Paris Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Hightop Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Gap Mountain: 5.9 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 0.7 mi
- The Pylons: 0.7 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 1.6 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 3.9 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 0.7 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 1.4 mi
- Modern Art: 4.0 mi
- Modern Art: 4.0 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 4.2 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 0.7 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 0.7 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 1.1 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 6.1 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 6.2 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 12.0 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- Bear Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Barney's Wall: 13.8 mi
- Barneys Wall: 13.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 16.7 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 0.3 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 1.6 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 9.1 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 18.8 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 18.9 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 6.2 mi
- Keffer Oak: 9.4 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 13.2 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 13.6 mi
- One Clear View: 21.7 mi
- Cascades: 13.4 mi
- Camp Creek: 14.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 14.9 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 23.8 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 10.2 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Water Front: 18.0 mi
- Waterfront: 22.1 mi
- Spring Well #25: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Frank Beamer Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 324° | 1,327 m | 11.1 mi |
| Butt Mountain | NW 313° | 1,282 m | 15.3 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | NW 313° | 1,256 m | 15.0 mi |
| Wind Rock | NNW 338° | 1,246 m | 14.6 mi |
| Brushy Top | NW 320° | 1,236 m | 15.5 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NNW 342° | 1,232 m | 13.7 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,231 m | 13.7 mi |
| Doe Mountain | NW 319° | 1,211 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11611588899
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 27 mi
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