Pest House
Pest House is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Terrapin Mountain stands 1,062 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Station House Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Site of Lynchburg's PEST HOUSE| Constructed Circa 1840| Served as| Confederate Quarantine Hospital| 1861-1865| Demolished 1880
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.6 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 20 mi
- Apple Orchard Mountain Overlook · 20 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Yoder Recreation Center: 0.3 mi
- College Hill Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
- Biggers Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
- Kemper Station Park: 0.5 mi
- Jefferson Park: 0.6 mi
- Candler Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Jack Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Mount Athos: 5.9 mi
- Galts Mill Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Spring Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Inner Defenses: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Methodist Church: 0.4 mi
- Georgia Weston Morgan: 0.4 mi
- Dr. Robert Withers Morgan: 0.4 mi
- Hitching Post of Dr. Henry Grey Latham: 0.5 mi
- Station House Museum: 0.1 mi
- Legacy Museum of African American History: 0.1 mi
- Pest House Medical Museum: 0.2 mi
- Horse Hearse and Caretaker's Museum: 0.2 mi
- Lynchburg Museum: 0.7 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 0.2 mi
- Haskins Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 0.7 mi
- Pierce Street Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 0.9 mi
- Mayor: 0.3 mi
- LYH LOVES YOU: 0.5 mi
- Olympic Runner: 0.6 mi
- Piano: 0.7 mi
- Diamond Hill: 0.8 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 0.3 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 0.3 mi
- Point of Honor: 0.8 mi
- VUL Sign: 1.3 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 1.8 mi
- Marble Spring: 18.9 mi
- Hunting Spring: 19.6 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 20.0 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 23.2 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 24.0 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 0.6 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 10.7 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 21.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 22.6 mi
- Panther Falls: 21.5 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 21.8 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 23.7 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 7.9 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Pest House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrapin Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,062 m | 18.2 mi |
| Highcock Knob | WNW 304° | 931 m | 18.7 mi |
| High Peak | N 350° | 876 m | 10.6 mi |
| Tobacco Row Mountain | N 350° | 876 m | 10.6 mi |
| No Business Mountain | WNW 288° | 837 m | 12.7 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | WNW 292° | 712 m | 11.2 mi |
| Shady Mountain | N 360° | 687 m | 14.1 mi |
| Banks Mountain | NNW 343° | 657 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg #2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12379062335
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 1 mi
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