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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Human Rights

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Human Rights from directly overhead

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Human Rights is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 239 m. Terrapin Mountain stands 1,062 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is World War tree memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 15 miles off.

What to expect

Fee
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How to reach it

Coordinates37.40399, -79.16741

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Miller Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kemper Station Park: 0.6 mi
  • Westover Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
  • City Stadium Complex: 0.8 mi
  • Blackwater Creek Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Museums: 21
  • Anne Spencer House: 0.8 mi
  • Station House Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Horse Hearse and Caretaker's Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Pest House Medical Museum: 1.0 mi
  • Legacy Museum of African American History: 1.0 mi
Gardens: 18
Artworks: 16
  • Olympic Runner: 0.3 mi
  • LYH LOVES YOU: 0.6 mi
  • Hayes Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Hayes Hall Bell: 1.1 mi
  • Mayor: 1.2 mi
Attractions: 9
Springs: 7
  • Marble Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Hunting Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Cow Camp Spring: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Hollins Mill Park: 1.4 mi
  • Carry Nature Sanctuary: 11.6 mi
  • Claytor Nature Center: 20.6 mi
  • Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • J.H. Phillips Wayside: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Human Rights. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Terrapin MountainWNW 297°1,062 m18.0 mi
Highcock KnobNW 306°931 m18.6 mi
Tobacco Row MountainN 354°876 m11.2 mi
High PeakN 354°876 m11.2 mi
No Business MountainWNW 292°837 m12.3 mi
Rocky MountainWNW 296°712 m10.9 mi
Shady MountainN 2°687 m14.8 mi
Suck MountainWNW 281°668 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:29
June solstice05:5720:0320:42
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2816:2217:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845556371757467564638
Precip in3.42.93.73.64.24.04.13.63.93.43.23.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg #2, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12755577785

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