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O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site

O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site from directly overhead

O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the south-southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Ruffner Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 6.4 miles off.

O. Winston Link took one of his most famous photos here, of people swilling in the creek at night while a Norfolk & Western train lead by steam locomotive 2145 leads a train north. Photo date is unknown but it would have been taken between 1955 and 1960.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.66269, -78.46257

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 48
  • Ruffner Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Eugene Park: 0.6 mi
  • Carillon Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Park: 4.6 mi
Museums: 23
  • Luray Train Station Musuem: 0.1 mi
  • Old School House Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Luray Valley Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Toy Town Junction: 1.2 mi
  • Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 1.2 mi
Historic sites: 22
  • Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 0.2 mi
  • Confederate Soldiers Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 1.1 mi
  • Indian Grave: 10.1 mi
Springs: 16
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 8
  • Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Pavilian: 5.5 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 7.0 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Artworks: 5
  • Love: 1.0 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 11.6 mi
  • Cootie Bug: 11.6 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 18.5 mi
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 22.8 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Gardens: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HawksbillSSE 154°1,232 m8.3 mi
Stony ManSE 132°1,220 m6.6 mi
BushytopSE 140°1,142 m6.4 mi
NakedtopSSE 157°1,138 m7.8 mi
Spitler HillSSE 155°1,138 m9.3 mi
Betty's RockSSE 147°1,131 m7.9 mi
BlackrockS 174°1,116 m9.4 mi
Little Stony ManSE 130°1,110 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:5020:0320:43
September equinox07:0218:3819:13
December solstice07:2916:1516:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333743546270747266554537
Precip in2.92.53.63.54.24.84.13.85.43.23.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luray 5 E, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8084822307

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