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Industry Museum

Industry Museum from directly overhead

Industry Museum is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Paris Mountain stands 587 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Frankel's Clothing Store, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway runs past it. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.32264, -77.73083

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites
Parks
Peaks: 57
Museums: 41
Artworks: 28
Nature reserves: 27
Gardens: 9
  • Native Pollinator Meadow: 12.5 mi
  • Four Square Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Poolesville Community Garden: 20.7 mi
  • butterfly Garden: 23.0 mi
Springs: 8
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Dargan Bend: 2.9 mi
  • Nolands Ferry: 14.3 mi
  • Public Grills & Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 9.0 mi
  • River Access: 14.8 mi
  • River Access: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paris MountainSSW 208°587 m22.6 mi
Salamander RockNE 36°562 m21.8 mi
Black RockNNE 22°549 m18.7 mi
Annapolis RockNNE 23°538 m17.7 mi
Lambs KnollNNE 33°536 m10.3 mi
Lambs KnollNNE 33°536 m10.3 mi
Bob's HillNE 37°535 m24.0 mi
Black RockNE 36°526 m22.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4520:0120:42
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:2816:0916:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441526170747366544435
Precip in3.12.43.73.64.64.24.33.34.43.43.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/136439795

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