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West Virginia Museum of American Glass

West Virginia Museum of American Glass, a museum in West Virginia
West Virginia Museum of American Glass, a museum in West VirginiaRichie Diesterheft from Chicago, IL, USA · CC BY 2.0
West Virginia Museum of American Glass, a museum in West Virginia
Richie Diesterheft from Chicago, IL, USA · CC BY 2.0
West Virginia Museum of American Glass, a museum in West Virginia
Richie Diesterheft from Chicago, IL, USA · CC BY 2.0
West Virginia Museum of American Glass, a museum in West Virginia
Richie Diesterheft from Chicago, IL, USA · CC BY 2.0
West Virginia Museum of American Glass, a museum in West Virginia
Richie Diesterheft from Chicago, IL, USA · CC BY 2.0
West Virginia Museum of American Glass, a museum in West Virginia
Richie Diesterheft from Chicago, IL, USA · CC BY 2.0

West Virginia Museum of American Glass is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Kelly Knob stands 813 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Holt Park / Holt Family, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike runs past it. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

About

The story

The West Virginia Museum of American Glass is located in Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia, United States. It was formed in 1993 for charitable, educational and scientific purposes to discover, procure, publish and preserve whatever may relate to the glass industry in West Virginia, the United States of America, and where ever else glass has been manufactured. Later in 2008, the name of the physical museum building was changed to The Museum of American Glass in West Virginia to better emphasize the scope of its glass collections and educational role beyond West Virginia as dictated by its state charter.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1993.

Wikidata Q65066018, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

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Coordinates39.03847, -80.46645
Around it

140 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 59
Peaks: 47
Historic sites: 16
Museums: 5
Nature reserves: 3
Attractions: 2
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Buckhannon Mural: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Burnsville Waterfall: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Bulltown Swimming Area: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bulltown Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelly KnobSE 125°813 m24.1 mi
Church KnobSE 127°736 m22.1 mi
Big Run KnobSSE 146°732 m20.2 mi
Haystack KnobSSE 164°662 m21.7 mi
Cleveland MountainSSE 164°647 m21.1 mi
Deen KnobE 100°629 m19.0 mi
Prit MountainSSE 160°602 m18.5 mi
King KnobENE 64°601 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5919:34
June solstice05:5720:1220:52
September equinox07:1018:4519:21
December solstice07:3816:2117:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442536270747366554336

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Weston, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/374199712

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