Scottsville Museum
Scottsville Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 98 m. Heard Mountain stands 726 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bruce Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 98 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 24.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 25.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 14 mi
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 25 mi
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 25 mi
- Rockfish Gap Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bruce Park: 0.1 mi
- Scottsville Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Dorrier Park: 0.2 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 1.6 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 2.6 mi
- Green Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Mount Alto: 8.3 mi
- Green Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Round Top: 9.2 mi
- Avon Hill: 10.1 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 11.6 mi
- James Monroe: 12.9 mi
- James Monroe: 12.9 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 14.5 mi
- King Alfred and His Court: 15.0 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 6.8 mi
- Ash Lawn - Highland: 12.8 mi
- Palmyra Mill Lock: 13.0 mi
- Broken Island Locks and Dam: 13.2 mi
- Strange's Lock: 13.3 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 0.3 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 6.7 mi
- Hardware River: 6.7 mi
- Hardware River: 7.0 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 14.7 mi
- West Lawn: 14.7 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 16.1 mi
- Student Garden: 16.4 mi
- Washington Park Bog Garden: 16.7 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 11.4 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 14.5 mi
- Michie Tavern: 14.6 mi
- Monticello: 14.8 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 15.9 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 12.1 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 12.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 12.6 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 2: 12.8 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 12.8 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 12.7 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 15.9 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 20.2 mi
- Canada: 16.1 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Scottsville Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heard Mountain | NW 304° | 726 m | 16.2 mi |
| Castle Rock | NW 309° | 722 m | 16.5 mi |
| Moses Mountain | NW 307° | 590 m | 16.9 mi |
| Walnut Top | WNW 296° | 572 m | 15.0 mi |
| Archer Mountain | WNW 294° | 566 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mill Mountain | NW 310° | 563 m | 14.8 mi |
| Willoughby Mountain | W 269° | 562 m | 15.7 mi |
| Appleberry Mountain | WNW 291° | 557 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmyra 3S, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/700980767
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 16 mi
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