Princeton Railroad Museum
Princeton Railroad 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 Mercer County Agricultural Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off.
The story
Railroad Museum in Princeton, West Virginia
Wikidata Q121634659, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 12.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 15.8 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 18.6 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 12 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Knob: 4.1 mi
- Black Oak Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Tater Knob: 5.5 mi
- Hector Knob: 6.8 mi
- Jesses Knob: 7.5 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 0.3 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
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 0.0 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 1.0 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 19.4 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 23.5 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 23.6 mi
- Stone Arch: 1.9 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
- Mercers Saltworks: 13.8 mi
- Warford: 15.2 mi
- Lilly: 15.9 mi
- Junta: 16.9 mi
- Pickshin: 20.3 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 11.3 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 11.9 mi
- City Garden: 1.7 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 13.0 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 16.2 mi
- High Point: 18.4 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 23.7 mi
- Sharon Springs: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Princeton Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimney Rock | SW 232° | 1,304 m | 22.3 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | SSW 208° | 1,270 m | 21.1 mi |
| Gose Knob | SW 218° | 1,244 m | 20.4 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | SE 133° | 1,239 m | 7.9 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | ESE 124° | 1,238 m | 15.2 mi |
| Walker Mountain | S 182° | 1,224 m | 21.5 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,202 m | 16.0 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | SE 127° | 1,179 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:30 | 17:11 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/605416188
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