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Mercer County Agricultural Museum

Mercer County Agricultural Museum from directly overhead

Mercer County Agricultural Museum is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 730 m. Chimney Rock stands 1,304 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Princeton Railroad Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off.

The story

Agricultural Museum in Princeton, West Virginia

Wikidata Q121637099, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.36962, -81.08539

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.4 mi
  • Knob Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dick Copeland Town Square: 0.5 mi
  • Princeton City Park: 0.6 mi
  • Muse Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
Museums: 6
  • Princeton Railroad Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Mercer County War Museum: 1.0 mi
  • Andrew Johnston House: 19.4 mi
  • Hinton Railroad Museum: 23.6 mi
  • Veteran's Museum: 23.7 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Stone Arch: 1.8 mi
  • Perdue Family Crest: 7.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 13.1 mi
  • This Way: 16.0 mi
  • Kimball World War I Memorial: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Bluefield Love Sign: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Big Walker Lookout: 23.7 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Mercer County Agricultural Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chimney RockSW 232°1,304 m22.3 mi
Greaver BenchmarkSSW 208°1,270 m21.1 mi
Gose KnobSW 218°1,244 m20.4 mi
Buckhorn KnobSE 133°1,239 m7.9 mi
Sugar Run MountainESE 124°1,238 m15.2 mi
Walker MountainS 182°1,224 m21.4 mi
Round MountainSSW 202°1,202 m16.0 mi
Flat Top MountainSE 127°1,179 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:36
June solstice06:0520:1020:49
September equinox07:1318:4919:23
December solstice07:3616:3017:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536167717063534436

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/605416190

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