Civil War Medical Museum
Civil War Medical Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Peters Mountain stands 550 m to the west, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooke Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
The Exchange Hotel in Gordonsville, Virginia, was built in 1860 for Richard F. Omohundro next to an important railroad junction, when the Exchange Hotel offered a welcome stopping place for weary passengers on the Virginia Central Railroad.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1862.
Wikidata Q5419571, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 24.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 18 mi
- Swift Run Overlook · 25 mi
- Sandy Bottom Overlook · 25 mi
- South River Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cooke Park: 0.2 mi
- Verling Park: 0.3 mi
- Gordonsville Historic District: 0.4 mi
- Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District: 5.4 mi
- Barboursville Community Park: 6.1 mi
- Cameron Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Merry Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Cowherd Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Scott Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Smith Hill: 4.0 mi
- Speech Stump: 15.8 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 15.8 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 16.9 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 17.0 mi
- Looking for Ice: 17.1 mi
- Bloomsbury: 10.6 mi
- Union Mills Lock: 15.3 mi
- Union Mills Dam: 15.3 mi
- Crofton Lock: 16.0 mi
- Charlottesville Woolen Mills: 16.6 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 5.9 mi
- Louisa Downtown Garden: 12.4 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 15.5 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 16.6 mi
- CATS Grove: 16.8 mi
- Montpelier: 6.0 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 8.6 mi
- James Madison Museum: 8.6 mi
- Monticello: 16.8 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 16.9 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 13.9 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 16.3 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 16.3 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 16.6 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 2: 16.7 mi
- Lake Orange: 11.0 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 17.0 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 21.2 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 22.7 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 23.1 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 16.0 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 17.4 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 18.1 mi
- Canada: 18.7 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 19.0 mi
- South River Falls: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Civil War Medical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Mountain | W 265° | 550 m | 5.5 mi |
| Powell Mountain | NW 309° | 526 m | 21.1 mi |
| Berry Mountain | NNW 334° | 505 m | 19.3 mi |
| Baldtop | NNW 338° | 499 m | 20.5 mi |
| Carters Mountain | WSW 237° | 477 m | 19.6 mi |
| Allen Mountain | NW 324° | 477 m | 20.1 mi |
| Gallihugh Mountain | NNW 340° | 462 m | 20.8 mi |
| Goodlow Mountain | W 272° | 458 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Piedmont Rsch STN, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 73002046OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Exchange Hotel, reference 73002046, listed 08/14/73.
OpenStreetMap element way/348405060
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 17 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 29 mi
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