- Elevation, modelled
- 186 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Armstrong Mountain702 m · 23.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Midland Trailon it
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:54local time
- Coordinates
- 38.3378, -81.6140
West Virginia State Museum is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled 186 m. Armstrong Mountain stands 702 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is West Virginia Cultural Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Midland Trail runs past it. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
Creative historical museum located in the basement of the West Virginia Cultural Center.
Museum in Charleston, West Virginia
Dates from 1890.
Wikidata Q116890526, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Operated by
- West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Virginia State Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Mountain | SE 134° | 702 m | 23.6 mi |
| Johnson Knob | SSE 148° | 675 m | 22.0 mi |
| Workman Knob | SSW 204° | 599 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bird Knob | E 94° | 555 m | 20.7 mi |
| Bee Mountain | S 180° | 530 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Desert | ESE 104° | 491 m | 13.3 mi |
| Independence Mountain | E 94° | 487 m | 23.5 mi |
| Beulah Knob | E 80° | 463 m | 19.4 mi |
- On the Midland TrailNational
- 28.8 mi off the Coal Heritage TrailNational
Overlooks nearby
- Kanawha Falls · 25 mi
62 named places within 25 miles
- Malden Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Holmes Knob: 6.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 7.4 mi
- Tyler Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Hammick Hill: 9.9 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Gold Star Memorial: 0.1 mi
- War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- West Virginia Liberty Bell: 0.1 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 0.0 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 0.3 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 1.6 mi
- Nitro Wars Museum: 13.6 mi
- Mary Ingles Trail: 18.6 mi
- Skyline Drive: 2.5 mi
- Indian Rock: 12.8 mi
- Grotto: 3.9 mi
- July: 21.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:28 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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