Historic site · Virginia
Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial
Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 525 m. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is McCoy Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- We, the residents of Wake Forest, being largely descended from the slaves of Kentland Plantation, whose labor, skill, blood, sweat and tears, although they were held in bondage against their will, brought Kentland into existence and kept it alive, and who
How to reach it
Coordinates37.19934, -80.57682
- 18.3 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 25.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 28 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 28 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 29 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- McCoy Park: 1.1 mi
- New river junction: 3.1 mi
- Big Falls Park: 3.4 mi
- Muse Quad: 4.4 mi
- Governor's Quad: 4.5 mi
Peaks
- Buckeye Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Spruce Run Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Cloyds Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Price Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Ingles Mountain: 6.6 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 4.8 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 8.7 mi
- The Pylons: 8.8 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 16.5 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 16.6 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 7
- Modern Art: 4.8 mi
- Modern Art: 4.8 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 5.0 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 8.8 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 9.0 mi
Museums: 7
- Smithfield Plantation: 8.1 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 8.9 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 9.2 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 10.4 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Bear Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Barneys Wall: 11.6 mi
- Barney's Wall: 11.6 mi
- Bear Cliff: 11.7 mi
- High Point: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 5
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 4.4 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 8.5 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 10.2 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 11.2 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 5
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 10.4 mi
- Keffer Oak: 15.2 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 19.9 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 22.4 mi
- One Clear View: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascades: 11.6 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 17.9 mi
- Camp Creek: 22.5 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 7.6 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 2
- Water Front: 14.3 mi
- Waterfront: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 5.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNE 12° | 1,327 m | 10.6 mi |
| Butt Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,282 m | 12.0 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | NNW 349° | 1,256 m | 11.8 mi |
| Wind Rock | NNE 12° | 1,246 m | 15.2 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,238 m | 15.7 mi |
| Brushy Top | N 354° | 1,236 m | 13.3 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NNE 17° | 1,232 m | 15.1 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,231 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Radford 3 N, under a mile away.
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