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Southwest Virginia Museum

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Elevation, modelled
452 m
Tallest summit within 23.2 miles
High Knob1,288 m · 8.6 mi
Nearest byway
Coal Heritage Trail - VAon it
Sunset, June solstice
20:54local time
Coordinates
36.8636, -82.7801

Southwest Virginia Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled 452 m. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the east-northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Harry W. Meador Coal Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA runs past it.

Big Stone Gap, VA, listed on the NRHP in Virginia

Dates from 1946.

Wikidata Q7571374, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Southwest Virginia Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High KnobENE 76°1,288 m8.6 mi
Black MountainWNW 299°1,259 m7.2 mi
The DoublesWNW 300°1,247 m6.2 mi
Eagle KnobENE 78°1,196 m9.8 mi
Camp RockE 82°1,188 m9.2 mi
Little MountainE 82°1,130 m8.2 mi
Potato HillWNW 285°1,123 m6.2 mi
MCD 173W 271°1,096 m16.2 mi

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0919:43
June solstice06:1320:1620:54
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:4116:3817:19

Local time (America/New_York).

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