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West Virginia Railroad Museum

West Virginia Railroad Museum, a museum in West Virginia
West Virginia Railroad Museum, a museum in West VirginiaCarol M. Highsmith · Public domain
West Virginia Railroad Museum, a museum in West Virginia
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West Virginia Railroad Museum, a museum in West Virginia
Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0
West Virginia Railroad Museum, a museum in West Virginia
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West Virginia Railroad Museum, a museum in West Virginia
jpmueller99 from Shenandoah Valley of VA, USA · CC BY 2.0
West Virginia Railroad Museum, a museum in West Virginia
jpmueller99 from Shenandoah Valley of VA, USA · CC BY 2.0

West Virginia Railroad Museum is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 585 m. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Elkins Roundhouse, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 0.3 miles off.

About

The story

The West Virginia Railroad Museum is a railroad museum development located at 2 Railroad Avenue, WV 26241. The museum opened in 2014.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7986887, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.92335, -79.85113

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 48
  • Elkins City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • College Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Davis Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Glendale Park & Skatepark: 0.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Historic sites: 7
  • Elkins Roundhouse: 0.1 mi
  • Wilson Monument: 2.7 mi
  • Upshur War Monument: 21.0 mi
  • Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 21.3 mi
  • 1971 Plane Crash Site: 21.9 mi
Springs: 7
  • Pat Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Lorraine Burke Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Ernest Carr Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Harlan Irons Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Bubbling Springs: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 2
  • H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 0.4 mi
  • Buckhannon Mural: 21.0 mi
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bear Haven Day Use Area: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of West Virginia Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Porte CrayonE 89°1,452 m21.2 mi
Pharis KnobSE 136°1,410 m17.4 mi
Job KnobESE 102°1,353 m18.1 mi
Brierpatch MountainE 97°1,348 m17.9 mi
Cunningham KnobSSE 146°1,339 m18.3 mi
Yokum KnobSE 140°1,301 m17.7 mi
Haines KnobESE 105°1,299 m15.3 mi
Hutton KnobS 190°1,291 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5520:0920:49
September equinox07:0818:4319:18
December solstice07:3516:1917:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441526068717064534235
Precip in3.43.34.04.15.14.56.03.93.53.12.93.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins- Randolph CO AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5439550850

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