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Pest House

Pest House from directly overhead

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

Coordinates37.41382, -79.15648

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 22
  • 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
Gardens: 18
Artworks: 18
Attractions: 9
Springs: 7
  • 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
Nature reserves: 4
  • 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
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • J.H. Phillips Wayside: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Pest House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Terrapin MountainWNW 294°1,062 m18.2 mi
High PeakN 350°876 m10.6 mi
Tobacco Row MountainN 350°876 m10.6 mi
No Business MountainWNW 288°837 m12.7 mi
Rocky MountainWNW 292°712 m11.2 mi
Shady MountainN 360°687 m14.1 mi
Banks MountainNNW 343°657 m17.6 mi
Big Piney MountainNNW 330°649 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:29
June solstice05:5720:0320:42
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/12379062335

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