Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Birthplace of Country Music Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 511 m. Rich Knob stands 1,295 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans War Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 21 miles off.
The story
Birthplace of Country Music Museum is a museum celebrating the historic 1927 Bristol Sessions, which recorded some of the earliest country music in America when the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers and several other musicians recorded for the first time before gaining prominence. The museum is located at 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way in Bristol, Virginia. A live radio station WBCM-LP broadcasts from within the museum. The original site of the Bristol recordings is marked by a plaque several blocks from the museum.
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Wikidata Q28129004, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 21.2 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 20.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Cumberland Square Park: 0.1 mi
- Anderson Park: 0.4 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.6 mi
- Clay Park: 0.7 mi
- Parker Park: 0.8 mi
- Beaver Creek Knobs: 4.1 mi
- Walker Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Dickey Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Mock Knob: 6.5 mi
- Ayers Knob: 7.8 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Cobra: 0.1 mi
- Memorial Tower: 1.6 mi
- gross/morrel homestead: 4.3 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 13.7 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 13.9 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Bee Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 4.8 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 6.7 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 9.9 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 19.2 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 21.5 mi
- William King Museum: 13.4 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 13.6 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 13.8 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 15.7 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 17.9 mi
- Abrams Falls: 6.9 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 12.9 mi
- Laurel Falls: 22.5 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 24.0 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 24.2 mi
- Heartwood: 12.1 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 21.8 mi
- Junaluska: 21.8 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 22.0 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 15.1 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 20.5 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 20.6 mi
- Trials Playground: 21.5 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 3.1 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 3.5 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 12.3 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 20.5 mi
- Hampton Spring: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Knob | ESE 119° | 1,295 m | 12.6 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,287 m | 18.4 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | ESE 111° | 1,282 m | 17.8 mi |
| Holston Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,264 m | 11.2 mi |
| Holston High Knob | SSE 149° | 1,261 m | 11.2 mi |
| The Butt | NNE 17° | 1,226 m | 17.2 mi |
| Locust Knob | ESE 117° | 1,223 m | 12.7 mi |
| McQueen Knob | E 96° | 1,177 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abingdon 3S, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1158067925
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 0 mi
- Elizabethton · 18 mi
- Kingsport · 21 mi
- Johnson City · 22 mi
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