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John Brown Museum

John Brown Museum from directly overhead

John Brown Museum is a historic site in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Fowler Hill stands 318 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is John Brown, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 15 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

historic site and museum in Osawatomie, Kansas, United States

Dates from 1854.

Wikidata Q14689618, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.49886, -94.95958

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • John Brown Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Karl E. Cole Sports Complex: 0.5 mi
  • Osawatomie City Lakes: 2.7 mi
  • Wallace Park: 6.3 mi
  • Petroleus Park: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Soldiers' Monument: 0.2 mi
  • Baptiste Bust: 6.7 mi
  • City Hall Fire Bell: 6.8 mi
  • Vet wall: 7.4 mi
  • Pottawatomie Massacre Memorial: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Museums: 9
Peaks: 6
  • Peine Mound: 13.3 mi
  • Fowler Hill: 18.6 mi
  • Graveyard Mound: 19.3 mi
  • Walley Mound: 22.9 mi
  • Summers Mound: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 5
  • John Brown: 0.0 mi
  • William H. Howe Butterfly Mural: 18.4 mi
  • Ottawa Silhouette: 18.6 mi
  • Onward Ottawa: 18.6 mi
  • Trails West: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Miola Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Linn Valley Lakes Swimming Beach: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Louisburg Cider Mill: 13.9 mi
  • ATSF Caboose: 21.6 mi
  • Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 23.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Paola Community Garden: 7.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fowler HillNW 319°318 m18.6 mi
Peine MoundSW 230°308 m13.3 mi
Spy MoundSE 129°296 m24.8 mi
Graveyard MoundSSE 147°288 m19.3 mi
Walley MoundESE 112°276 m22.9 mi
Summers MoundESE 118°271 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:32
June solstice05:5720:0820:48
September equinox07:0818:4419:19
December solstice07:3416:2117:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293444546574797769574434
Precip in1.11.62.63.85.55.54.23.44.13.12.31.7

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/1117745978

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