Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine
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Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 709 m. Huff Knob stands 1,088 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Coal Heritage Trail runs past it.
The story
Phillips-Sprague Mine, also known as the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, is a historic coal mine located at New River Park in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia. The mine opened about 1889 on what had been operated as a drift mine. Commercial development of the drift mine began in 1905 and the first coal was shipped on January 4, 1906. Mine operations ceased in 1953, and the property sold to the City of Beckley. The Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine opened in 1962, as the first historic site wholly dedicated to educating the public about coal mining. It consists of 1,500 feet of restored passageways and entries with 3,000 feet of vintage track. It reopened to the public on April 1, 2008. It is a preserved coal mine that offers daily tours and a history lesson on coal mining in Appalachia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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Wikidata Q7185868, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 22.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 26.7 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 14 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 24 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lilly Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Batoff Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Hecks Knob: 5.9 mi
- Shady Spring Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Chestnut Flat Mountain: 6.6 mi
- New River Park: 0.2 mi
- Ewart Ave Park: 0.4 mi
- Lewis McManus Walking Trail: 0.4 mi
- Shoemaker Square: 0.6 mi
- Wood Park: 0.7 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 20.1 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 20.1 mi
- Fern Point Area: 20.1 mi
- Endless Wall: 20.1 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 2.6 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 9.9 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 12.8 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 14.3 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 0.0 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 0.3 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 18.4 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 18.5 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 18.5 mi
- Ship Rock: 3.1 mi
- The Canopy: 10.6 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 11.4 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 20.8 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 23.6 mi
- Grandview: 8.4 mi
- Needleseye Park: 14.1 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 18.1 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 23.3 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 16.0 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 16.0 mi
- Brooks Falls: 17.2 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huff Knob | SSE 162° | 1,088 m | 14.2 mi |
| Ivy Knob | W 271° | 1,083 m | 16.1 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,078 m | 14.1 mi |
| Indian Grave Mountain | S 170° | 1,049 m | 13.5 mi |
| Walnut Knob | ENE 59° | 1,049 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 165° | 1,045 m | 13.3 mi |
| Freezeland Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,040 m | 14.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | W 272° | 1,037 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley VA Hospital, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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