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A Christmas Story House Museum

A Christmas Story House Museum from directly overhead

A Christmas Story House Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Summit County high point stands 404 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is A Christmas Story House & Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 0.6 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

house where the 1983 film was filmed, now a public museum in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Dates from 2006.

Wikidata Q4655921, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates41.46873, -81.68790

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clark Field Park: 0.3 mi
  • Quad Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lucky Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 0.7 mi
  • Camp Cleveland Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Dendrite: 0.9 mi
  • Guardians of Traffic: 1.4 mi
  • Hart Crane Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • The St. Mary Church Mural: 1.6 mi
  • Guardians of Traffic: 1.7 mi
Gardens
Museums: 55
  • A Christmas Story House & Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Ukrainian Museum-Archives: 0.8 mi
  • Bohemian National Hall: 1.7 mi
  • Western Reserve Fire Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves: 51
Picnic sites: 49
Attractions: 45
  • Gather 'Round Farm: 1.5 mi
  • Birthplace of John Heisman: 1.6 mi
  • Museum of Illusions: 2.1 mi
  • Playhouse Square Chandelier: 2.2 mi
  • date: 2.3 mi
Waterfalls: 18
Beaches: 13
Peaks: 12
  • Cedar Point: 11.2 mi
  • Cuyahoga County high point: 11.7 mi
  • Orange Hill: 13.2 mi
  • Summit County high point: 15.2 mi
  • Oak Hill: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
  • White Oak Spring: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit County high pointS 175°404 m15.2 mi
McConougheys HillESE 102°399 m20.5 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointS 179°390 m11.7 mi
Sand HillE 80°381 m21.7 mi
Little MountainENE 62°374 m24.3 mi
Piersons KnobENE 64°365 m21.2 mi
Orange HillE 83°360 m13.2 mi
Gildersleeve MountainENE 63°354 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0219:39
June solstice05:5420:2321:05
September equinox07:1518:4919:26
December solstice07:5016:1617:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496170747367564535
Precip in1.81.52.33.13.52.83.73.42.93.22.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Burke Lakefront AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/319011561

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