Taubman Museum of Art
Taubman Museum of Art is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
museum in Roanoke, Virginia
Dates from 1951.
Wikidata Q7688652, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 2 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 4 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roanoke Warehouse Historic District: 0.3 mi
- Elmwood Park: 0.4 mi
- Henrietta Lacks Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Piedmont Park: 0.8 mi
- Loudon Park: 0.9 mi
- Mill Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Round Hill: 2.2 mi
- Stone Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Roanoke Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 0.0 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 0.1 mi
- Oscar Micheaux: 0.3 mi
- 28 Wells Avenue, N.W.: 0.3 mi
- Hunton Life Saving and First Aid Crew: 0.3 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 0.0 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 0.1 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 0.1 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 0.5 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 2.3 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Explore Park: 5.6 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 7.9 mi
- Carvins Cove: 8.5 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 12.6 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 0.3 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 0.4 mi
- Roanoke Star: 1.5 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 11.6 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 13.2 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 0.4 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 0.4 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 1.6 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 2.7 mi
- The Rock: 6.6 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 1.4 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Beale Garden: 5.6 mi
- Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 11.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 14.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.8 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 15.2 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 17.1 mi
- Camp Creek: 17.2 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 24.1 mi
- Spring Well #25: 20.8 mi
- Big Spring: 22.1 mi
- Howrytown: 11.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Taubman Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,141 m | 12.9 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,083 m | 11.5 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | WNW 282° | 998 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SW 227° | 975 m | 12.6 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NNW 327° | 974 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | SW 227° | 972 m | 12.6 mi |
| Masons Knob | SW 217° | 961 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | SW 228° | 935 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/106781754
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 0 mi
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