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John Daniels Home

John Daniels Home from directly overhead

John Daniels Home is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Tobacco Row Mountain stands 876 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Samuel D. Rokenbach, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lee's Retreat passes 18 miles off.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates37.41483, -79.14494

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Samuel D. Rokenbach: 0.0 mi
  • Carter Glass: 0.1 mi
  • Our Confederate Soldiers: 0.1 mi
  • Monument Terrace: 0.1 mi
  • Latham's Battery Gun House: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Donna Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cliff's Edge Park: 0.2 mi
  • Biggers Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
  • Rotary Centennial Riverfront Skatepark: 0.3 mi
  • College Hill Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
Museums: 22
Gardens: 18
Artworks: 16
Attractions: 9
Springs: 7
  • Marble Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Hunting Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Cow Camp Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Wiggins Spring: 24.0 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Hollins Mill Park: 0.9 mi
  • Carry Nature Sanctuary: 10.4 mi
  • Claytor Nature Center: 21.8 mi
  • Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • J.H. Phillips Wayside: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of John Daniels Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tobacco Row MountainNNW 347°876 m10.7 mi
High PeakNNW 347°876 m10.7 mi
No Business MountainWNW 287°837 m13.3 mi
Rocky MountainWNW 290°712 m11.7 mi
Shady MountainN 357°687 m14.0 mi
Banks MountainNNW 341°657 m17.8 mi
Big Piney MountainNNW 328°649 m18.1 mi
Fleming MountainWNW 286°645 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:29
June solstice05:5720:0320:41
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2816:2217:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845556371757467564638
Precip in3.42.93.73.64.24.04.13.63.93.43.23.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg #2, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12783306148

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