Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.
Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former. is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 621 m. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the north-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Modern Art, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia.
Wikidata Q3475081, matched on coordinates and name (207 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- Former Architect Building.
How to reach it
- 20.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.3 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 24 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 25 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 26 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prices Fork Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Harvey Lee Price Park: 0.9 mi
- Tom's Creek Mining and War Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Heritage Community Park & Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- Westover Hills Park: 2.8 mi
- Price Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Gap Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Barringer Mountain: 5.2 mi
- High Knob: 5.9 mi
- Spruce Run Mountain: 6.2 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 3.9 mi
- The Pylons: 4.0 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 4.8 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Modern Art: 0.0 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 1.3 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 3.9 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 4.2 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 5.2 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 13.5 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 3.2 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 4.1 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 4.3 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 7.2 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 7.7 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 10.3 mi
- Bear Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Barney's Wall: 12.0 mi
- Barneys Wall: 12.0 mi
- High Point: 16.9 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 3.7 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 5.4 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 6.0 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 15.3 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 15.4 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 7.2 mi
- Keffer Oak: 11.5 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 15.9 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 17.5 mi
- One Clear View: 22.6 mi
- Camp Creek: 18.2 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 18.3 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 22.7 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 8.1 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Water Front: 15.9 mi
- Waterfront: 19.5 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 6.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNW 345° | 1,327 m | 9.9 mi |
| Butt Mountain | NNW 326° | 1,282 m | 13.1 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | NNW 326° | 1,256 m | 12.8 mi |
| Wind Rock | N 353° | 1,246 m | 14.1 mi |
| Brushy Top | NNW 334° | 1,236 m | 13.8 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | N 359° | 1,232 m | 13.6 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | N 359° | 1,231 m | 13.6 mi |
| Doe Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,211 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/481080964
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