Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center
Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 536 m. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ralph Stanley Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 4.3 miles off. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Dates from 2004.
Wikidata Q7288113, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 536 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 9.7 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 18.7 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
Overlooks nearby
- Twin Cliffs Overlook · 11 mi
- Towers Tunnel Overlook · 13 mi
- Clinchfield Overlook · 13 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 13 mi
115 named places within 25 miles
- Flat Gap: 5.9 mi
- Birch Gap: 6.1 mi
- The Doubles: 6.6 mi
- Pilot Knob: 7.5 mi
- Bold Camp Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Phipps Family Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Kids Korner Park: 0.2 mi
- Haysi Town Park: 9.8 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 10.1 mi
- Fairgrounds: 11.5 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 9.5 mi
- Pound Gap: 9.6 mi
- Wise County: 9.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Walk of Honor: 9.7 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 10.6 mi
- Old Fashion Elk: 12.1 mi
- Crazy Eyes Elk: 12.1 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 13.6 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 18.5 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 20.5 mi
- Breaks Interstate Park: 12.8 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 19.9 mi
- Cleveland Barrens Natural Area Preserve: 22.3 mi
- Hensley-Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 22.4 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 0.0 mi
- Elkhorn City Railroad Museum: 12.2 mi
- Pike County Hall of Justice: 22.9 mi
- The Breaks: 12.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.9 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 13.5 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 13.6 mi
- Spearhead Trails: 14.6 mi
- Jonkan: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | SSW 208° | 1,288 m | 20.2 mi |
| Eagle Knob | SSW 205° | 1,196 m | 19.6 mi |
| Camp Rock | SSW 205° | 1,188 m | 20.5 mi |
| Little Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,130 m | 21.0 mi |
| Big A Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,126 m | 24.2 mi |
| Huff Rock | SSW 211° | 1,070 m | 24.0 mi |
| Little Stone Mountain | SW 219° | 1,044 m | 21.5 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SSW 197° | 1,043 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:36 | 17:17 |
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 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clintwood 1W, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367998607
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