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Alleghany Historical Museum

Alleghany Historical Museum from directly overhead

Alleghany Historical Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 893 m. Point Lookout Mountain stands 1,380 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Crouse Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.6 miles off.

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Alleghany Historical Museum

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Coordinates36.50581, -81.12151

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
  • Crouse Park: 0.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sam Brown Park: 0.7 mi
  • Blue Ridge Parkway: 10.3 mi
  • Traphill Historic District: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Incredible Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Bullhead Creek Cascades: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Widows Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Widows Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Bullhead Creek Falls: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 8
Museums: 8
  • Jeff Matthews Museum: 15.0 mi
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 20.1 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 20.3 mi
  • Forestry Center: 21.8 mi
  • Thunder Road Museum: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone Mountain Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Cumberland Knob Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
  • Winston-Salem Foundation Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Artworks: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Virginia Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Rebecca Maynard Labyrinth: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Alleghany Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Point Lookout MountainNNW 347°1,380 m11.5 mi
The PinnacleNNW 347°1,380 m11.5 mi
Catherine KnobWSW 242°1,223 m5.8 mi
Fender MountainWSW 250°1,212 m3.2 mi
Cheek MountainWSW 243°1,196 m4.8 mi
Betsy PeakWSW 241°1,186 m7.4 mi
Green MountainS 177°1,185 m5.2 mi
Bullhead MountainSE 143°1,171 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:37
June solstice06:0720:0820:47
September equinox07:1318:4919:23
December solstice07:3316:3317:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542526069737164544336
Precip in4.53.14.95.45.54.95.24.95.14.54.54.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta 3.5 SSW, 4 mi away.

Sources

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/604291653

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