Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library
Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Sexton Hill stands 52 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Lancaster Court House Historic District, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 20 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
The story
The Lancaster VA Historical Society/Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library is a museum and historical archive in the Northern Neck of The Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, United States. Its purpose is to preserve the history of Lancaster County, Virginia. It opened in 1958 and was named in honor of George Washington's mother, Mary Ball, a Lancaster County, Virginia native and granddaughter of the ca 1653 emigrant, William Ball I. Past curators of the Mary Ball Washington Museum include Thomas M. Thacker II, Cathy Currey, Sarah J. Walker, and Sonja Headley.
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Dates from 1958.
Wikidata Q6779000, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 29 mi
82 named places within 25 miles
- Lancaster Court House Historic District: 0.0 mi
- Baylor Park: 4.9 mi
- Urbanna Historic District: 11.0 mi
- Reedville Historic District: 11.6 mi
- Thousand Trails Beach Park: 15.8 mi
- Kilmarnock Museum: 6.0 mi
- Bel Air Mansion And Guest House: 6.4 mi
- Objects Art and More: 7.9 mi
- Morattico Waterfront Museum: 9.1 mi
- Northern Neck Farm Museum: 9.6 mi
- White Stone Beach: 10.4 mi
- Swimming Beach: 10.7 mi
- Beach Area: 10.9 mi
- Public Beach: 10.9 mi
- Wake Beach: 13.2 mi
- Richmond Hill: 18.0 mi
- Hogans Hill: 18.9 mi
- Shingle Hill: 19.0 mi
- Church Hill: 22.3 mi
- Smith Hill: 22.5 mi
- Hickory Hollow State Natural Area Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Bush Mill Stream Natural Area Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Kohls Island Reserve: 14.4 mi
- Kohls Island Reserve: 14.6 mi
- Protected Bird Sanctuary: 21.5 mi
- Booker Taliaferro Washington School (historical): 4.2 mi
- Fort Lincoln: 20.7 mi
- Confederate Monument: 23.0 mi
- Essex County War Memorial: 24.2 mi
- Mathews County Confederate Monument: 24.5 mi
- Butylo Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Wailes Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sexton Hill | NW 314° | 52 m | 24.6 mi |
| Richmond Hill | NW 311° | 43 m | 18.0 mi |
| Smith Hill | NW 308° | 43 m | 22.5 mi |
| Hogans Hill | NW 325° | 38 m | 18.9 mi |
| Shingle Hill | NNW 338° | 31 m | 19.0 mi |
| Church Hill | SSW 200° | 30 m | 22.3 mi |
| Pig Hill | S 183° | 21 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:10 | 16:51 |
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 | 38 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warsaw 2 NW, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/8150181646
Day trips start here
- Point Lookout · 21 mi
- St. Mary's City · 29 mi
- Westmoreland County · 30 mi
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