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Patrick Henry Museum

Patrick Henry Museum from directly overhead

Patrick Henry Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 151 m. Long Mountain stands 437 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Herb Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Lee's Retreat passes 20 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
151 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.03223, -78.89807
Around it

77 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Long Island Park: 11.1 mi
  • Mountain Road Historic District: 18.5 mi
  • Abbott-Duncan Recreation Fields: 19.7 mi
  • Wolftrap Wildlife Management Area: 21.5 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Cub Creek Church: 7.7 mi
  • Cub Creek Church: 7.7 mi
  • Pannill's Bridge: 9.6 mi
  • Artillery Emplacement: 14.8 mi
  • Earthwork Fortification: 15.0 mi
Peaks: 11
Museums: 10
  • Noland Village at Providence: 7.9 mi
  • Central High Museum: 14.7 mi
  • Drakes Branch Musuem: 16.6 mi
  • Sharswood Plantation: 17.6 mi
  • L. E. Coleman African-American Museum: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Herb Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Mulberry Hill Historic Gardens: 13.9 mi
  • Dinwiddie Arboretum: 21.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 22.3 mi
  • Seven Oaks Gardens: 24.0 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
  • LOVE: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • J.H. Phillips Wayside: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Confederate Cemetery: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Patrick Henry Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MountainNNW 330°437 m20.7 mi
Jack MountainNNW 328°407 m24.8 mi
Pilot MountainN 349°347 m20.6 mi
Brushy MountainW 266°339 m23.8 mi
Scott MountainWNW 295°303 m22.9 mi
Haden MountainWNW 300°293 m22.9 mi
Brown MountainWNW 282°266 m16.9 mi
Lyle MountainNE 44°241 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5720:0120:39
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2616:2217:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946566573777669574639
Precip in3.72.84.03.44.84.14.33.54.33.83.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brookneal, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367997060

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