Amazement Square
Amazement Square is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Tobacco Row Mountain stands 876 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Metal Sculpture, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lee's Retreat passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 15.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 20 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 21 mi
- Apple Orchard Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Supplying Lee's Army: 0.0 mi
- Site of First House and Lynch's Ferry 1757: 0.1 mi
- Lynchburg: 0.2 mi
- Carter Glass: 0.2 mi
- Lynchburg World War I Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Rotary Centennial Riverfront Skatepark: 0.1 mi
- Cliff's Edge Park: 0.2 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.2 mi
- Riveredge Park: 0.2 mi
- Donna Park: 0.2 mi
- Candler Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Mount Athos: 5.0 mi
- Jack Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Galts Mill Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Lynchburg Museum: 0.3 mi
- Legacy Museum of African American History: 0.8 mi
- Pest House Medical Museum: 1.0 mi
- Station House Museum: 1.0 mi
- Horse Hearse and Caretaker's Museum: 1.0 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 0.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 0.5 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 0.8 mi
- Diamond Hill Center Garden: 0.9 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 0.9 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 0.0 mi
- Lynchbug: 0.0 mi
- Piano: 0.2 mi
- "TOGETHER WE THRIVE": 0.3 mi
- Creating Our Culture: 0.3 mi
- Point of Honor: 0.3 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 1.1 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 1.1 mi
- VUL Sign: 1.6 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 2.0 mi
- Marble Spring: 19.5 mi
- Hunting Spring: 20.3 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 20.7 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 23.2 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 24.0 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 1.1 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 22.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 22.5 mi
- Panther Falls: 21.7 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 22.6 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 24.6 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 8.2 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Amazement Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco Row Mountain | NNW 345° | 876 m | 10.7 mi |
| High Peak | NNW 345° | 876 m | 10.7 mi |
| No Business Mountain | WNW 286° | 837 m | 13.5 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | WNW 289° | 712 m | 11.9 mi |
| Shady Mountain | N 356° | 687 m | 14.0 mi |
| Banks Mountain | NNW 340° | 657 m | 17.7 mi |
| Big Piney Mountain | NNW 327° | 649 m | 18.2 mi |
| Fleming Mountain | WNW 285° | 645 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:03 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg #2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4644349034
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 0 mi
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