Waynesboro Heritage Museum
Waynesboro Heritage Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 394 m. Devils Knob stands 1,172 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Constitution Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
independent city in Virginia, United States
Dates from 1798.
Wikidata Q501779, matched on coordinates and name (468 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 3.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rockfish Gap Overlook · 3 mi
- Afton Overlook · 3 mi
- Rockfish Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- McCormick Gap Overview · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Constitution Park: 0.2 mi
- Rife Park: 0.7 mi
- North Park: 0.9 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 1.0 mi
- Crimora Park: 6.4 mi
- Miller Knob: 2.2 mi
- Copelands Tetons: 2.6 mi
- Mikes Knob: 2.9 mi
- Afton Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Kiser Hill: 3.5 mi
- Flower Pots: 11.2 mi
- Watering Can: 11.2 mi
- Chodo IX: 11.4 mi
- Staunton: 11.5 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 17.7 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 6.3 mi
- Mirador: 7.3 mi
- Rip Rap Shelter: 8.7 mi
- Augusta County: 11.4 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 0.4 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 9.4 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum: 11.3 mi
- Historic Staunton Foundation: 11.4 mi
- Augusta County Historical Society: 11.4 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 11.2 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 11.4 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 15.1 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 19.3 mi
- Keunen Garden: 20.4 mi
- Coiner Spring: 2.5 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 5.1 mi
- Dripping Rock: 9.2 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 9.3 mi
- Hickory Spring: 10.8 mi
- Apple Cannon: 7.1 mi
- Endless View Farms: 7.2 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 12.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 18.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 19.8 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 8.7 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 10.3 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 16.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 18.1 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 18.6 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 9.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 14.6 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 15.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 15.2 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 15.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 14.8 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 16.0 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 13.1 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 13.1 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 14.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 14.8 mi
- Trinity Point: 17.4 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 11.3 mi
- Canada: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Waynesboro Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Knob | SSW 199° | 1,172 m | 11.1 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,172 m | 11.1 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | S 183° | 1,099 m | 8.3 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | SSW 193° | 1,050 m | 11.4 mi |
| Kelley Mountain | SW 220° | 1,001 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bucks Elbow Mountain | ENE 72° | 964 m | 8.3 mi |
| Humpback Rocks | S 185° | 949 m | 7.4 mi |
| Donald Fauber Mountain | SW 230° | 919 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/240641374
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 23 mi
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