Josephine School Community Museum
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Josephine School Community Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. High Knob stands 728 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Hill Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 9.0 miles off.
The story
Josephine City School is a historic school building for African-American children located at Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built about 1882, and is a rectangular, one-story, frame building with a gable roof and a four-bay side gable entrance facade. The school measures approximately 40 feet long and 30 feet wide. It is part of a school complex for African American children that included the Josephine City School; the 1930 brick Clarke County Training School; and a 1941 frame building that was constructed as additional agriculture classrooms. It was used as an elementary school until 1930, when it was moved a short distance from its original location, and used as the Clarke County Training School's home economics and agriculture classrooms. It was used for classrooms until 1971, when it was turned into storage space, after which it was converted into low/moderate-income elderly housing. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Part of the building now houses the Josephine School Community Museum and Clarke County African-American Cultural Center. Opened in 2003, the museum displays the history of Clarke County's African-American community.
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Wikidata Q14712646, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 20.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 17.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- River Vista · 16 mi
- Jefferson Rock · 18 mi
- Split Rock · 19 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rose Hill Park: 0.6 mi
- Rixey Moore Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Chet Monet Park: 1.9 mi
- Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds: 2.0 mi
- Watermelon Park: 3.7 mi
- Grindstone Hill: 0.8 mi
- Lewin Hill: 4.3 mi
- Taylors Hill: 4.7 mi
- Toy Hill: 5.8 mi
- Buzzard Hill: 5.9 mi
- Town of Boyce: 5.5 mi
- Saratoga: 5.5 mi
- White Post: 8.6 mi
- POW-MIA Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Huntfield Community Obelisk: 10.0 mi
- Cider Stage: 8.8 mi
- Gem Mining Sluice: 8.9 mi
- Peacocks: 8.9 mi
- Pig Pen: 8.9 mi
- Cow Train: 8.9 mi
- Plaster Museum of Bluemont's Heritage: 8.1 mi
- Abram's Delight: 9.9 mi
- Old Court House Civil War Museum: 10.4 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum: 10.5 mi
- George Washington's Office Museum: 10.5 mi
- The Peacemakers: 9.8 mi
- Bird In Flight: 9.9 mi
- Welcome Pineapple: 10.1 mi
- Daniel Morgan: 10.1 mi
- Admiral Richard Byrd: 10.3 mi
- Red Bud Run: 7.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 7.6 mi
- Cool Spring Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 8.2 mi
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve: 14.0 mi
- Cool Spring: 5.4 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 10.5 mi
- Town Spring: 11.0 mi
- Harris Springs: 11.2 mi
- Potts Springs: 11.2 mi
- Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Herb Garden: 7.0 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 8.9 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 9.5 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 14.3 mi
- River Access: 5.3 mi
- River Access: 5.8 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 10.1 mi
- Beach 2: 21.3 mi
- Beach 1: 21.9 mi
- Pua Falls: 6.5 mi
- Mountain Falls: 22.9 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 24.4 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 10.1 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 17.2 mi
- Dargan Bend: 20.1 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 22.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Josephine School Community Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | SSW 202° | 728 m | 19.0 mi |
| Blue Mountain | S 191° | 674 m | 13.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | S 190° | 644 m | 19.4 mi |
| Ravensden Rock | SSW 201° | 604 m | 19.9 mi |
| Paris | S 186° | 590 m | 10.9 mi |
| Paris Mountain | SSE 159° | 587 m | 8.0 mi |
| Roundtop | NNW 343° | 512 m | 20.1 mi |
| Big Cobbler Mountain | S 176° | 476 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:11 | 16:53 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT WX 3, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Harpers Ferry · 18 mi
- Middleburg · 18 mi
- Loudoun County · 19 mi
- Brunswick · 22 mi
- Leesburg · 22 mi
- Martinsburg · 22 mi
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