- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | ENE 76° | 1,288 m | 8.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,259 m | 7.2 mi |
| The Doubles | WNW 300° | 1,247 m | 6.2 mi |
| Eagle Knob | ENE 78° | 1,196 m | 9.8 mi |
| Camp Rock | E 82° | 1,188 m | 9.2 mi |
| Little Mountain | E 82° | 1,130 m | 8.2 mi |
| Potato Hill | WNW 285° | 1,123 m | 6.2 mi |
| MCD 173 | W 271° | 1,096 m | 16.2 mi |
- On the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 10.5 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 11.8 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 17.1 mi off the Country Music HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Flag Rock Overlook · 9 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 11 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 11 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Elk Knob: 2.5 mi
- Morris Butt: 3.1 mi
- High Butte: 3.2 mi
- Little Stone Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Huff Rock: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 16
- Devil's Bathtub: 8.0 mi
- Portal 30: 10.3 mi
- Train: 10.3 mi
- Train: 10.3 mi
- Portal 31: 10.4 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 7.2 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 10.7 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 15.4 mi
- Francis Gary Powers: 17.8 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 19.3 mi
Museums: 7
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 0.3 mi
- June Tolliver House: 0.5 mi
- Portal 31 Mine Tour: 10.4 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 10.5 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 10.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:38 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 26 mi
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