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"Connections" The Shentel Museum

"Connections" The Shentel Museum from directly overhead

"Connections" The Shentel Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Edinburg Mill, a museum 0.7 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 14 miles off.

What to expect

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Shentel

How to reach it

Coordinates38.82589, -78.55651

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 48
  • Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 3.8 mi
  • Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 3.8 mi
  • W.O. Riley Park: 4.3 mi
  • Riverview Park: 4.8 mi
  • Little Fort Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 23
Springs: 21
Museums: 20
Waterfalls: 20
Cliffs: 10
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 7
  • Pavilian: 7.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 18.1 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 19.2 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 5
  • Statue of Liberty: 9.7 mi
  • Cootie Bug: 9.8 mi
  • Love: 11.9 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 19.7 mi
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of "Connections" The Shentel Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainNNW 339°1,006 m11.3 mi
Devils BenchmarkNW 307°995 m11.8 mi
Sugar KnobNNW 344°976 m10.8 mi
Little Sluice MountainNNW 346°951 m9.9 mi
Big SchlossNW 324°894 m9.9 mi
Tibbet KnobNW 308°894 m10.1 mi
Devils Hole MountainNW 309°861 m11.3 mi
Short MountainSSE 165°856 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:26
June solstice05:5020:0420:43
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3016:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323541526170747265544335
Precip in2.41.82.93.14.04.34.13.43.72.62.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5401780289

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