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Camp Breckinridge Museum and Art Center

Camp Breckinridge Museum and Art Center from directly overhead

Camp Breckinridge Museum and Art Center is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Obie Mound stands 226 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Morganfield Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

World War II history museum.

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Coordinates37.67778, -87.88845
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Holeman Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Springer Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Blueberry Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Grundy Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Bald Hill: 9.6 mi
Parks: 39
  • Morganfield Park: 1.1 mi
  • Uniontown City Park: 6.6 mi
  • Hovey Lake Fish and Wildlife Area: 9.9 mi
  • Sturgis City Park: 10.1 mi
  • Gun Club Park: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Battery Rock Alcove Waterfall: 14.7 mi
  • Colorful Bluffs Waterfall: 14.9 mi
  • Panther Cascade: 15.4 mi
  • Panther Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Ripple Canyon Falls: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Museums: 2
  • John Marshall House Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Old Slave House - Closed to the Public: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Lakeview: 21.3 mi
  • High Knob: 24.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Negro Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Decker Spring: 24.4 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Cave in Rock: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Camp Breckinridge Museum and Art Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Obie MoundSSW 213°226 m17.0 mi
Gold HillW 274°214 m17.8 mi
Crider HillSSW 199°212 m19.2 mi
Pickens HillSSW 194°212 m22.8 mi
Bob Lee Phillips HillSSW 196°208 m17.4 mi
Schoolhouse KnobS 191°205 m21.7 mi
Peter Stevens HillSSW 200°201 m23.0 mi
Belt HillSW 234°200 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2919:04
June solstice05:3119:3820:17
September equinox06:4018:1618:50
December solstice07:0415:5616:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343746576675787770594637
Precip in3.63.54.55.45.04.73.63.13.43.34.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JT Myers Locks & DAM, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1473728955

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