Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum
Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Minitree Hill stands 36 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Kiwanis Municipal Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 1.9 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1992
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kiwanis Municipal Park: 0.3 mi
- Ironbound Park: 0.9 mi
- Discovery Park: 1.3 mi
- Timothy J. Sullivan Square: 1.4 mi
- Elizabeth Davis Boulevard Park: 1.5 mi
- Cook: 1.9 mi
- Governor's Palace: 1.9 mi
- Robert Carter House: 2.0 mi
- Cooper & Wheelwright: 2.0 mi
- Everard House: 2.0 mi
- Community Mausoleum: 1.7 mi
- Tyler Family Garden: 1.8 mi
- James Monroe: 1.9 mi
- Mary-Cook Branch Munford Plaza: 1.9 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 1.9 mi
- Zen Garden: 1.8 mi
- Lettie Pate Evans Wildflower Refuge: 1.8 mi
- Geology Rock Garden: 1.8 mi
- Baldwin Memorial Garden: 1.9 mi
- Elkanah Deane Garden: 2.0 mi
- Lyon Gardiner Tyler: 1.8 mi
- John Tyler: 1.8 mi
- John Tyler: 1.8 mi
- Spring: 1.8 mi
- James Blair: 1.8 mi
- Muscarelle Museum of Art: 2.0 mi
- Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg: 2.2 mi
- Williamsburg Historic District: 2.2 mi
- Tinsmith Museum of America: 2.6 mi
- Jamestown Settlement: 5.9 mi
- Kingsmill Resort Audubon Sanctuary: 5.2 mi
- Pipsico Reservation: 11.0 mi
- Wahrani Nature Trail: 16.0 mi
- Game Farm Marsh: 17.1 mi
- Game Farm Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 18.2 mi
- Kingsmill Beach: 6.1 mi
- Fossil Beach: 8.0 mi
- Seining Beach: 8.3 mi
- Yorktown Beach: 12.7 mi
- Beach Area: 13.8 mi
- Mount Folly: 9.7 mi
- Church Hill: 13.5 mi
- Pig Hill: 15.5 mi
- Minitree Hill: 19.9 mi
- Evelynton Heights: 23.5 mi
- Chestnut Bluffs: 10.2 mi
- York River Cliffs: 11.9 mi
- Holly Point: 23.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minitree Hill | WNW 303° | 36 m | 19.9 mi |
| Church Hill | NNE 30° | 30 m | 13.5 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | W 276° | 28 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pig Hill | NE 55° | 21 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Folly | N 356° | 6 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williamsburg 2 N, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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