Isle of Wight County Museum
Isle of Wight County Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Round Hill stands 14 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is 1750 Isle of Wight Courthouse, a museum 0.1 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 17 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
County museum displaying the world's oldest preserved ham and other historical artifacts. $2 admission.
The story
The Isle of Wight County Museum is located in Smithfield, Virginia.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1976.
Wikidata Q19876486, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Isle of Wight County
How to reach it
- 16.8 mi off the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Joyner Field: 0.2 mi
- Riverview Park: 0.4 mi
- Clontz Park: 0.5 mi
- Beale Park: 1.3 mi
- Waterworks Road Park: 1.9 mi
- Selene: 8.9 mi
- Lion 1: 8.9 mi
- Lion 2: 8.9 mi
- Conquering the Wild: 8.9 mi
- Lion 4: 8.9 mi
- Whisper Wall: 9.3 mi
- Mariners' Lake: 9.5 mi
- SS United States Propeller: 9.6 mi
- Big Barrels: 10.1 mi
- Victory Arch: 11.0 mi
- USS Monitor: 9.4 mi
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon: 16.6 mi
- Black Forest Picnic Village: 17.2 mi
- Der Roto Baron: 17.3 mi
- Oktoberfest Games: 17.3 mi
- 1750 Isle of Wight Courthouse: 0.1 mi
- The Schoolhouse Museum: 0.5 mi
- Boykins Tavern Museum: 6.7 mi
- Bacon's Castle: 10.1 mi
- Virginia War Museum: 10.1 mi
- Greer Garden: 3.7 mi
- Hampton Roads Garden: 9.2 mi
- Newport News Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 14.4 mi
- Jenny Russell Giving Garden: 15.7 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Enhancement: 9.4 mi
- Long Leaf Pine Enhancement: 9.9 mi
- Blackwater Sandhills Natural Area Preserve: 11.8 mi
- NRCS Conservation Easement: 16.9 mi
- Kingsmill Resort Audubon Sanctuary: 17.2 mi
- Holly Point: 3.7 mi
- Chestnut Bluffs: 13.0 mi
- Mintonville Point: 13.4 mi
- Brock Point: 14.3 mi
- Muskrat Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Huntington Beach: 10.0 mi
- Kingsmill Beach: 16.7 mi
- Outlook Beach: 18.5 mi
- Yorktown Beach: 18.9 mi
- Grandview Beach: 20.3 mi
- Picnic Shelter #1: 16.1 mi
- Picnic Shelter #3: 16.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Knob Hill: 13.4 mi
- Round Hill: 18.9 mi
- Keeper's House: 18.0 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Isle of Wight County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Hill | WSW 240° | 14 m | 18.9 mi |
| Knob Hill | SSE 165° | 8 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport News Intl AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/614336820
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