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Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum

Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, a museum in Ohio
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Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, a museum in Ohio
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Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, a museum in Ohio
DogsRNice · CC BY-SA 4.0
Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, a museum in Ohio
DogsRNice · CC BY-SA 4.0
Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, a museum in Ohio
DogsRNice · CC BY-SA 4.0
Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, a museum in Ohio
DogsRNice · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 302 m. Munson Knob stands 384 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Alpine Hills Museum, a museum 2.1 miles away. Amish Country Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Museum dedicated to preserving and restoring railroad equipment, primarily steam locomotives.

About

The story

The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, located in Sugarcreek, Ohio, United States, is a museum roundhouse housing steam and diesel locomotives, passenger cars and other vintage United States and Canadian railroad equipment, built and opened in 2011.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2011.

Wikidata Q4691910, matched on coordinates and name (66 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.47940, -81.66582

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • EM & EM Park: 3.1 mi
  • Baltic Community Park: 3.2 mi
  • Norma Johnson Center Hiking Trails South: 6.5 mi
  • Norma Johnson Center Hiking Trails North: 7.0 mi
  • Bakersville Community Park: 8.7 mi
Museums: 14
Peaks: 14
  • Knob Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Shulls Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Sand Run Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Weimers Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Elephant Knob: 14.2 mi
Historic sites: 14
Attractions: 6
Gardens: 6
  • Gloria Miller Celebration Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Zoar Community Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Garden: 24.4 mi
  • Garden: 24.5 mi
  • Secrest Arboretum: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Atwood Lake Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Boater swim area: 22.1 mi
  • Boaters Beach (swim from boat): 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Area 7 Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Pavillion: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Munson KnobNW 314°384 m19.3 mi
Knob HillENE 75°376 m6.0 mi
Elephant KnobSE 144°376 m14.2 mi
Sterrett KnobNW 316°375 m18.8 mi
Sand Run HillWNW 282°360 m12.4 mi
Backus KnobSSE 148°360 m16.5 mi
1170SSW 203°357 m16.9 mi
Weimers HillN 11°353 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:39
June solstice05:5720:2021:01
September equinox07:1518:5019:26
December solstice07:4716:2017:04

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283039516170737266544233
Precip in2.62.03.23.83.84.64.33.93.02.82.73.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coshocton AG Rsch STN, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1036433529

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