Museum of American Calvary
Museum of American Calvary is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 310 m. Grubbs Knob stands 975 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is New Market Battlefield Military Museum & Wharton Advance Trail, a museum 0.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 310 m
How to reach it
- 15.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Blackrock Overlook · 15 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 16 mi
- Spitler Knoll Overlook · 16 mi
- Fishers Gap Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New Market Pocket Park: 0.4 mi
- New Market Community Park: 0.5 mi
- Rebel Park: 0.7 mi
- Mayors Park: 7.1 mi
- Mount Jackson Community Park: 7.2 mi
- Manors Hill: 0.4 mi
- Thomas Hill: 2.3 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bird Knob: 3.7 mi
- Foley Hill: 3.9 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 1.4 mi
- Catherine Furnace: 6.7 mi
- Fallen Solider Tribute: 6.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln's Father: 8.7 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum & Wharton Advance Trail: 0.3 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum: 0.4 mi
- American Celebration on Parade: 4.5 mi
- Main Street of Yesteryear: 4.6 mi
- Plains District Memorial Museum: 5.2 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 15.2 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 16.0 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 16.5 mi
- Rose River Falls: 16.7 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 17.0 mi
- Pitt Spring: 6.0 mi
- Hiden Spring: 6.8 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 12.8 mi
- Shenandoah Alum Springs: 13.6 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 15.1 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 4.5 mi
- Cootie Bug: 4.5 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 7.0 mi
- Love: 10.6 mi
- Flames: 16.5 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 4.6 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 7.1 mi
- Luray Caverns: 10.5 mi
- Luray Caverns: 10.6 mi
- The Garden Maze: 10.6 mi
- Pavilian: 10.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 15.3 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 15.9 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 16.2 mi
- Markley Rocks: 16.7 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 18.6 mi
- Heishman Garden: 16.5 mi
- Old grape garden: 17.5 mi
- ISAT Patio: 17.9 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 18.2 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 18.3 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 17.8 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 20.2 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 21.5 mi
- Lost River State Park: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Museum of American Calvary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grubbs Knob | S 190° | 975 m | 12.5 mi |
| Morgan Knob | S 181° | 936 m | 9.8 mi |
| Third Mountain | S 181° | 932 m | 9.8 mi |
| Church Rock | WNW 299° | 910 m | 12.8 mi |
| Church Mountain | WNW 293° | 881 m | 12.8 mi |
| Devils Tanyard | SE 139° | 864 m | 12.9 mi |
| Big Mountain | SSE 153° | 859 m | 4.5 mi |
| Short Mountain | NE 39° | 856 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/367997130
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 16 mi
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