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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. Terrapin Mountain stands 1,062 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Carter Glass, a historic site 0.1 miles 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

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
Historic sites: 54
  • Carter Glass: 0.1 mi
  • Our Confederate Soldiers: 0.1 mi
  • Monument Terrace: 0.1 mi
  • Latham's Battery Gun House: 0.1 mi
  • Rosalie Slaughter Morton, M.D. (1872-1968): 0.1 mi
Museums: 22
Gardens: 18
Artworks: 15
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
Terrapin MountainWNW1,062 m18.8 mi
High PeakNNW876 m10.7 mi
Tobacco Row MountainNNW876 m10.7 mi
No Business MountainWNW837 m13.3 mi
Rocky MountainWNW712 m11.7 mi
Shady MountainN687 m14.0 mi
Banks MountainNNW657 m17.8 mi
Big Piney MountainNNW649 m18.1 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 50–80 °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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