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Virginia Living Museum

Virginia Living Museum from directly overhead

Virginia Living Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Pig Hill stands 21 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Winner, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Parkway passes 11 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.06997, -76.47950

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • The Winner: 0.0 mi
  • Captain Christopher Newport: 0.8 mi
  • Leifr Eiriksson: 0.8 mi
  • Elements Sculpture: 0.9 mi
  • Cast Bronze by M Cleveland: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Deer Park: 0.1 mi
  • Boulevard Park: 0.6 mi
  • Causey's Mill Historic Park: 0.8 mi
  • Teardrop Park: 0.8 mi
  • Harpersville Lot: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • SS United States Propeller: 0.7 mi
  • Mariners' Lake: 0.9 mi
  • Whisper Wall: 1.0 mi
  • Big Barrels: 3.7 mi
  • William Tucker Cemetry: 5.3 mi
Attractions
  • USS Monitor: 1.1 mi
  • General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon: 7.0 mi
  • F/A-18: 14.0 mi
  • Black Forest Picnic Village: 14.4 mi
  • Roman Rapids: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Hampton Roads Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Newport News Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Jenny Russell Giving Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Greer Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Peace Garden: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 9
Nature reserves: 9
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Picnic Shelter #1: 17.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter #3: 18.1 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Knob Hill: 19.7 mi
  • Pig Hill: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Virginia Living Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pig HillN 358°21 m24.4 mi
Knob HillSSW 194°8 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:4719:5120:30
September equinox06:5418:3019:05
December solstice07:1616:1316:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404249586775797772615143
Precip in3.12.63.33.13.74.14.75.44.94.23.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport News Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/332975765

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