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Alaska Law Enforcement Museum

Alaska Law Enforcement Museum from directly overhead

Alaska Law Enforcement Museum is a museum in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Mount Williwaw stands 1,660 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is LumaLim, a museum 0.1 miles away. Seward Highway passes 0.5 miles off.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates61.21769, -149.88636

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fire Fighter's Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Elizabeth and Roy Peratrovich Park: 0.2 mi
  • Town Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • Quyana Park: 0.2 mi
  • Old City Hall Park: 0.2 mi
Peaks
  • Snow Hawk Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • Near Point: 8.9 mi
  • Rusty Point: 9.8 mi
  • Nunaka Point: 9.9 mi
  • Kanchee Peak: 10.2 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Eisenhower Alaska Statehood Monument: 0.3 mi
  • James J. Delaney Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Given…by the Great Land: 0.5 mi
  • Reflections on the Great One: 0.6 mi
  • Anchorage Veteran's Memorial: 0.6 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Racing in the Footsteps of a Legend: 0.1 mi
  • Alaska's Marine Life: 0.2 mi
  • Flight of the Raven: 0.2 mi
  • Focus on Statehood: 0.2 mi
  • Light Speed Planet Walk-Sun: 0.3 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Garden of Eatin': 0.6 mi
  • I Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Centennial Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Fairview Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Amen Acres: 1.0 mi
Museums: 9
Attractions: 6
Waterfalls: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Lyn Ary Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Beaver Beach: 18.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Russian Jack Spring: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Taku lake Picnic Site: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Alaska Law Enforcement Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilliwawESE 122°1,660 m14.7 mi
Temptation PeakESE 106°1,641 m12.6 mi
East Tanaina PeakESE 116°1,633 m13.2 mi
West Tanaina PeakESE 116°1,605 m12.6 mi
The RampSE 128°1,597 m14.4 mi
Tikishla PeakESE 115°1,594 m12.1 mi
O'Malley PeakSE 129°1,570 m13.0 mi
Koktoya PeakESE 116°1,569 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0119:1720:14
June solstice04:2122:1623:43
September equinox07:4519:0520:02
December solstice10:15—15:42

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152026395058615950362318
Precip in0.50.70.50.30.61.01.72.53.01.60.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anchorage Merrill FLD, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5314336662

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