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Belmont County Museum

Belmont County Museum from directly overhead

Belmont County Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 396 m. Riggs Knob stands 435 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Barnesville Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Drovers' Trail Scenic Byway runs past it. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
396 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.99265, -81.17704

Overlooks nearby

118 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 42
Historic sites: 21
Peaks: 16
Museums: 14
  • Underground Railroad Museum: 12.3 mi
  • Franklin Museum: 16.5 mi
  • Degenhart Museum: 21.0 mi
  • Clark Gable: 21.5 mi
  • National Museum of Cambridge Glass: 21.9 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Artworks: 6
  • Heron: 24.5 mi
  • Tortoise: 24.5 mi
  • Bobo the Elephant: 24.5 mi
  • Francis Pierpont: 24.6 mi
  • McColloch’s Leap Monument: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Raven Rocks Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Lower Piatt Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Upper Piatt Falls: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Horsemans Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • East Wheeling Community Park: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Belmont County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Riggs KnobESE 114°435 m24.5 mi
Chapel HillE 83°415 m9.7 mi
Galloway KnobE 83°414 m11.0 mi
Clark HillNE 56°414 m13.8 mi
Kanzigg HillESE 121°398 m17.7 mi
Hawthorn HillE 93°397 m19.0 mi
Cool HillESE 102°388 m9.7 mi
Horsemill HillE 100°378 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0119:37
June solstice05:5720:1720:58
September equinox07:1318:4819:24
December solstice07:4416:2017:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139516169737165544233

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barnesville, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368155622

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