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Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum from directly overhead

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Southern Railway Historical Assoc, a museum 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 6.6 miles off.

Exhibit building for the Tennessee Valley Railroad Muesum. Admission Required. Tickets available in the Grand Junction Depot, 4119 Cromwell Rd. Chattanooga or online at: TVRAIL.com

About

The story

Railroad museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dates from 1960.

Wikidata Q7700229, matched on coordinates and name (131 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.06571, -85.20718

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Hills Park: 1.1 mi
  • Lake Hills Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sterchi Farm: 1.4 mi
  • Sherman Reservation Civil War National Military Park: 1.9 mi
  • 73rd Pennsylvania Reservation: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • 2nd Minnesota Regiment Monument: 3.1 mi
  • Illinois State Monument: 4.5 mi
  • Andrew's Raiders Monument: 5.0 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Marker: 5.0 mi
  • 4th Army Corps Monument: 5.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 37
  • Orchard Knob Reservation: 4.2 mi
  • Central of Georgia 349: 5.0 mi
  • Freedom Church: 5.8 mi
  • Brainard Optimist Drag Strip: 6.2 mi
  • Fireball: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 28
Waterfalls: 26
  • Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 9.3 mi
  • Glen Falls 15: 9.4 mi
  • Upper Glen Falls 12: 9.4 mi
  • Falling Water Falls 110: 9.6 mi
  • Rainbow Falls 40: 9.9 mi
Museums: 19
Artworks: 15
Nature reserves: 12
Gardens: 10
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Blue Cross Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 6.3 mi
  • rain garden: 6.9 mi
  • Garden of Prayer: 8.9 mi
Springs: 7
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 9.7 mi
  • Straight Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Obar Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 11.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSW 215°647 m19.3 mi
Buck KnobN 351°625 m20.6 mi
Suck Creek MountainWNW 303°624.84 m15.1 mi
Round KnobNW 304°601 m11.0 mi
Buck KnobNW 326°595 m12.2 mi
Elder MountainWNW 285°569 m11.0 mi
Raccoon MountainW 263°563 m10.5 mi
The HellicanNNW 334°562 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1919:53
June solstice06:2820:2120:59
September equinox07:3019:0619:39
December solstice07:4616:5417:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653627077818074635144
Precip in5.05.05.34.93.94.25.13.74.23.64.85.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chattanooga AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/800173064

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