Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks is an artwork in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 287 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Henrietta Lacks Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.
Sculptor Lawrence Bechtel
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 2 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 4 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Henrietta Lacks Plaza: 0.0 mi
- Roanoke Warehouse Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Elmwood Park: 0.4 mi
- Day Avenue Park: 0.6 mi
- Highland Park: 0.7 mi
- Mill Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Round Hill: 2.2 mi
- Stone Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 3.2 mi
- Roanoke Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Rorer Hall: 0.1 mi
- Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Depot: 0.3 mi
- Oscar Micheaux: 0.3 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 0.3 mi
- Hunton Life Saving and First Aid Crew: 0.4 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 0.2 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 0.3 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 0.4 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 0.4 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 0.4 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Explore Park: 5.9 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 7.4 mi
- Carvins Cove: 8.5 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 0.2 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 0.2 mi
- Roanoke Star: 1.5 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 11.7 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 12.8 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 1.3 mi
- Beale Garden: 5.8 mi
- Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 0.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 1.2 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 2.3 mi
- The Rock: 6.3 mi
- The Solar Wind: 6.3 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 11.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 14.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.7 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 15.6 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 16.7 mi
- Camp Creek: 16.8 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 24.5 mi
- Spring Well #25: 20.5 mi
- Big Spring: 22.5 mi
- Howrytown: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Henrietta Lacks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,141 m | 12.5 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,083 m | 11.3 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | WNW 283° | 998 m | 12.1 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SW 226° | 975 m | 12.2 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NNW 329° | 974 m | 9.8 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | SW 226° | 972 m | 12.2 mi |
| Masons Knob | SW 216° | 961 m | 8.2 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | SW 227° | 935 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11356711014
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