Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library
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Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 305 m. Apple Orchard Mountain stands 1,287 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Centertown Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.0 miles off.
The story
The Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library is the county museum and genealogical library for Bedford County, Virginia It was started in 1932 by the General William R. Terry chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Peaks of Otter chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. It was in multiple locations in the town of Bedford, VA including the Courthouse and the library. It finally found its permanent home in 1979 when it moved into the former Masonic Hall for Liberty Lodge #95. It is part of the Bedford Historic District and is known as Bedford Masonic Hall on that Wiki page. It is located at 201 E. Main St. Bedford, VA.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1932.
Wikidata Q28122572, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 305 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Headforemost Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
- Black Rock Hill Overlook · 11 mi
- Onion Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
- Small waterfall · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Centertown Park: 0.1 mi
- Bedford Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Beulah Payne Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Greenwood Park: 0.4 mi
- Orange Street Park: 0.7 mi
- National D-Day Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Liberty Lake Park: 1.5 mi
- Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike: 6.0 mi
- Bethany Church: 15.7 mi
- Bedford County: 16.4 mi
- Wingfield Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Mosely Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Cobbs Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Thaxton Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Sharps Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Victory Garden: 0.9 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 4.1 mi
- Poplar Forest Herb Garden: 14.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 16.6 mi
- University of Lynchburg Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Poplar Forest Museum: 14.2 mi
- The Chaplains Museum: 18.7 mi
- Jerry Falwell Museum: 19.0 mi
- Avoca Museum: 19.8 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Human Rights: 20.1 mi
- Rhinoceros: 2.5 mi
- LOVE: 20.2 mi
- Olympic Runner: 20.2 mi
- LYH LOVES YOU: 20.6 mi
- Hayes Monument: 20.7 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 0.8 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 17.3 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 20.3 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 20.5 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 20.6 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 3.7 mi
- Explore Park: 19.0 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 20.9 mi
- Big Spring: 8.6 mi
- Hunting Spring: 16.1 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 16.8 mi
- Marble Spring: 17.0 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 10.4 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 12.6 mi
- Lace Falls: 20.9 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 18.5 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 19.2 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Howrytown: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Orchard Mountain | N 3° | 1,287 m | 12.7 mi |
| Thunder Hill | N 4° | 1,221 m | 13.5 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,215 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sharp Top Mountain | NNW 326° | 1,167 m | 8.2 mi |
| Onion Mountain | N 2° | 1,157 m | 11.2 mi |
| Headforemost Mountain | N 353° | 1,131 m | 10.1 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NNW 340° | 1,119 m | 9.0 mi |
| Floyd Mountain | N 351° | 1,088 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:24 | 17:05 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/463671566
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