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National Sporting Library & Museum

National Sporting Library & Museum, a museum in Virginia
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National Sporting Library & Museum, a museum in Virginia
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National Sporting Library & Museum, a museum in Virginia
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National Sporting Library & Museum, a museum in Virginia
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National Sporting Library & Museum, a museum in Virginia
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National Sporting Library & Museum, a museum in Virginia
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National Sporting Library & Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 157 m. Blue Mountain stands 674 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Culinary Gardens, a garden 0.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

About

The story

The National Sporting Library & Museum or NSLM (formerly the National Sporting Library) is a research library and art museum in Middleburg, Virginia, in the United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1954.

Wikidata Q5635514, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.96699, -77.73884

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Historic Aldie Mill: 5.3 mi
  • Jumping Pillow #2: 9.8 mi
  • Triple Threat Slide: 9.8 mi
  • Tire Mountain: 9.9 mi
  • Pigs: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 41
Nature reserves: 38
Museums: 35
Artworks: 31
  • Carol: 7.8 mi
  • Sundial: 12.5 mi
  • Welcome, the Iconic Hand: 13.6 mi
  • Sun Flower: 13.6 mi
  • Unbroken Circle #4: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Little Picnic Island: 12.9 mi
  • Hyland Hills Park: 13.8 mi
  • Brownsville Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Smiths Switch Station: 15.5 mi
Springs: 13
  • White Rock Spring: 5.8 mi
  • UnNamed Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 11.3 mi
Beaches: 3
  • River Access: 13.7 mi
  • River Access: 13.8 mi
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Pua Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 11.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 17.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of National Sporting Library & Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainW 267°674 m15.3 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWSW 247°644 m17.8 mi
ParisW 275°590 m14.2 mi
Paris MountainWNW 294°587 m11.1 mi
Big Cobbler MountainSW 232°476 m14.6 mi
Naked MountainWSW 256°448 m13.6 mi
Raven RocksNNW 337°443 m13.0 mi
Little Cobbler MountainWSW 238°441 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4620:0120:41
September equinox06:5918:3519:10
December solstice07:2716:1116:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340516170747266554435
Precip in3.23.03.73.44.94.84.03.65.33.63.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT WX, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/295524844

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