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Sons of Norway Hall

Sons of Norway Hall from directly overhead

Sons of Norway Hall is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Twin Peaks stands 2,087 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Buschmann Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 0.3 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.

The story

building in Petersburg Borough, United States of America

Wikidata Q7562333, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates56.81051, -132.95897

Overlooks nearby

64 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 55
  • Narrows Peak: 2.1 mi
  • Survey Mountains: 3.9 mi
  • Del Monte Peak: 4.8 mi
  • Sherman Peak: 6.8 mi
  • Sheridan Peak: 7.3 mi
Parks: 7
  • Buschmann Park: 0.1 mi
  • Eagle's Roost Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mort Freyer Sports Park: 0.6 mi
  • Marine Park: 0.7 mi
  • Marine Mammal Park: 1.3 mi
Museums: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Blind Slough: 14.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin PeaksENE 65°2,087 m22.1 mi
House PeakENE 62°1,829 m17.7 mi
Pin PeaksENE 62°1,745 m16.8 mi
Dupont PeakENE 69°1,703 m16.7 mi
Simpson PeakENE 76°1,624 m18.4 mi
Saw PeaksENE 61°1,600 m15.9 mi
Preble PeakNNE 23°1,580 m22.2 mi
Foote PeakNNE 26°1,553 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5419:1620:06
June solstice04:5921:4322:49
September equinox07:3819:0319:53
December solstice10:2815:4917:13

Local time (America/Vancouver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313235414954565651433632
Precip in11.47.67.66.75.95.05.68.214.413.812.311.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg 1, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/1286827452

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