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Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College

Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College from directly overhead

Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 213 m. Terrapin Mountain stands 1,062 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Randolph College Organic Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 13 miles off.

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The story

art museum at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia

Wikidata Q18343213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
213 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.43925, -79.16997

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Even Post: 0.2 mi
  • Odd Tree: 0.2 mi
  • Riverside Pool: 0.3 mi
  • Constitution Tree Plaque: 0.5 mi
  • Josiah Holbrook (1788-1854): 1.8 mi
Parks
Peaks
Museums: 21
  • Pest House Medical Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Horse Hearse and Caretaker's Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Station House Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Legacy Museum of African American History: 1.9 mi
  • Lynchburg Museum: 2.3 mi
Gardens: 18
Artworks: 18
  • Mayor: 2.0 mi
  • Piano: 2.1 mi
  • Olympic Runner: 2.1 mi
  • Metal Sculpture: 2.3 mi
  • Lynchbug: 2.3 mi
Attractions: 13
Springs: 7
  • Marble Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Hunting Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Cow Camp Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Wiggins Spring: 22.2 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Hollins Mill Park: 1.3 mi
  • Carry Nature Sanctuary: 9.5 mi
  • Claytor Nature Center: 20.7 mi
  • Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • J.H. Phillips Wayside: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Terrapin MountainWNW 289°1,062 m16.9 mi
Highcock KnobWNW 300°931 m17.1 mi
High PeakN 353°876 m8.8 mi
Tobacco Row MountainN 353°876 m8.8 mi
No Business MountainW 281°837 m11.5 mi
Rocky MountainWNW 284°712 m9.9 mi
Shady MountainN 3°687 m12.4 mi
Peavine MountainNW 323°673 m17.1 mi
Conditions

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/82004471

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