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Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

Museum of the Shenandoah Valley from directly overhead

Museum of the Shenandoah Valley is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Pinnacle stands 864 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

regional museum in Winchester, Virginia

Dates from 2005.

Wikidata Q6941117, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.18538, -78.17991

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Whittier Park: 0.4 mi
  • Winchester Historic District: 0.7 mi
  • Taylor Pavilion: 0.8 mi
  • Timbrook Park: 1.1 mi
  • Elk Street Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites: 26
  • Judge John Handley Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Timbrook Park: 1.0 mi
  • POW-MIA Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • 1st and 2nd Battles of Kernstown: 3.2 mi
  • Virginia Tech Massacre Memorial: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Farnham Colossi: 16.7 mi
  • Skyline Caverns: 19.9 mi
  • Cider Stage: 20.0 mi
  • Gem Mining Sluice: 20.0 mi
  • Peacocks: 20.0 mi
Museums: 18
Artworks: 16
  • Bites of Local Life Apple Statue: 0.6 mi
  • Young George Washington: 0.7 mi
  • World's Largest Apple: 0.7 mi
  • Expanding Tradition Apple Statue: 0.8 mi
  • Confederate Soldier Monument: 0.8 mi
Springs: 12
  • Town Spring: 0.2 mi
  • Vaucluse Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Cool Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Yellow Rose Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Roadside Spring: 16.9 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Beaches: 6
  • Beach 2: 11.1 mi
  • Beach 3: 11.6 mi
  • Beach 1: 11.7 mi
  • River Access: 16.4 mi
  • River Access: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Herb Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Paris Vegetable Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Mountain Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Pua Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Lands Run Falls: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PinnacleWSW 258°864 m14.0 mi
Johnnies KnobWSW 247°803 m18.0 mi
Eagle RockWSW 252°791 m15.7 mi
Spring MountainWSW 253°738 m16.4 mi
Meneka PeakSSW 207°730 m18.3 mi
Blue MountainSSE 152°674 m17.9 mi
Short MtnWSW 249°660 m16.5 mi
Signal KnobSSW 208°642 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4720:0320:43
September equinox07:0118:3619:12
December solstice07:2916:1116:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543546372767467554537
Precip in2.82.23.53.54.24.14.13.24.23.02.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winchester, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/357013049

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