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Point of Honor Monument

Point of Honor Monument is a historic site in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Tobacco Row Mountain stands 876 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 15 miles off.

The story

park in Virginia, United States of America, United States of America

Wikidata Q49544579, matched on coordinates and name (15 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
182 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.42014, -79.14391

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell: 0.0 mi
  • Point of Honor: 0.0 mi
  • 1978 Garden Restoration: 0.0 mi
  • Josiah Holbrook (1788-1854): 0.2 mi
  • Site of First House and Lynch's Ferry 1757: 0.3 mi
Parks
  • Cliff's Edge Park: 0.2 mi
  • Daniel's Hill Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
  • Rotary Centennial Riverfront Skatepark: 0.3 mi
  • Biggers Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Riveredge Park: 0.5 mi
Museums: 22
  • Amazement Square: 0.3 mi
  • Lynchburg Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Legacy Museum of African American History: 0.7 mi
  • Pest House Medical Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Horse Hearse and Caretaker's Museum: 0.9 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Robert D Morrison Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Daniel's Hill Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Yoder Center Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Diamond Hill Center Garden: 1.1 mi
Artworks: 18
Attractions: 9
Springs: 6
  • Marble Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Hunting Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Cow Camp Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Wiggins Spring: 23.7 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Hollins Mill Park: 0.8 mi
  • Carry Nature Sanctuary: 10.0 mi
  • Claytor Nature Center: 21.9 mi
  • Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • J.H. Phillips Wayside: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Point of Honor Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tobacco Row MountainNNW 346°876 m10.4 mi
High PeakNNW 346°876 m10.4 mi
No Business MountainWNW 285°837 m13.2 mi
Rocky MountainWNW 288°712 m11.7 mi
Shady MountainN 357°687 m13.7 mi
Banks MountainNNW 341°657 m17.4 mi
Big Piney MountainNNW 328°649 m17.9 mi
Fleming MountainWNW 284°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 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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356599164

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