Adams House Museum
Adams House Museum is a museum in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,394 m. Crooks Tower stands 2,168 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Homestake Adams Research & Cultural Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
museum and historic house in Deadwood, South Dakota
Dates from 1930.
Wikidata Q2824072, matched on coordinates and name (445 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Deadwood History, Inc.
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pull out · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- White Rocks: 0.4 mi
- Lexington Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Theodore Roosevelt: 2.4 mi
- Whitetail Summit: 3.1 mi
- Polo Peak: 3.3 mi
- Blacktail: 1.7 mi
- Terraville: 2.0 mi
- Flatiron: 3.8 mi
- Maitland: 4.1 mi
- Trojan: 5.9 mi
- Richard Gordon Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Manuel Brothers Park: 2.2 mi
- Centennial Park: 10.3 mi
- Sturgis City Park: 11.4 mi
- Lions Club Park: 11.7 mi
- U.S.S. Maine Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 0.3 mi
- Friendship Tower: 2.4 mi
- Stolen Kiss Apartments: 7.5 mi
- Historic Potter's Field: 7.7 mi
- Homestake Adams Research & Cultural Center: 0.1 mi
- Adams Museum: 0.3 mi
- Days of '76 Museum: 1.1 mi
- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center: 2.3 mi
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 2.4 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 0.3 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 0.4 mi
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 0.8 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 1.9 mi
- Sturgis Welcome Sign: 10.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 8.2 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 10.1 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 10.8 mi
- Mirror Creek Falls: 19.2 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 20.1 mi
- Roadside picnic: 9.3 mi
- Spearfish Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Adams House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks Tower | SSW 212° | 2,168 m | 17.7 mi |
| Terry Peak | WSW 240° | 2,147 m | 6.2 mi |
| Custer Peak | S 183° | 2,071 m | 8.8 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | W 263° | 2,034 m | 16.7 mi |
| Deer Mountain | SW 225° | 2,027 m | 6.9 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | W 266° | 2,026 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WSW 246° | 2,012 m | 5.1 mi |
| Green Mountain | WSW 249° | 2,003 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 59 | 45 | 35 | 26 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deadwood, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/817620084
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