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Alden B. Dow Home and Studio

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Alden B. Dow Home and Studio is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. River Road Scenic Byway passes 62 miles off.

What to expect

Step-free access
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.62376, -84.25357

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 25
Nature reserves: 15
Gardens: 14
  • Dow Gardens: 0.0 mi
  • Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Color Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Wedding Peninsula: 0.1 mi
  • Trial Garden: 0.1 mi
Artworks: 9
  • Founders Circle: 0.1 mi
  • Solar Powered Earth: 0.8 mi
  • Family Sculpture: 0.9 mi
  • Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 16.5 mi
  • Annual Ring: 16.6 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Larkin Baseball Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • Al Kaner: 14.4 mi
  • Pontoon Alley: 15.0 mi
  • Feldt-Houthoofd Waterfall: 16.4 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Monument: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Heritage Park: 0.7 mi
  • Rope Swing: 0.9 mi
  • Wooden Jump: 3.6 mi
  • Tony's Chicken Statue: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Linwood Rest Area 626: 15.1 mi
  • Bay City Rest Area 605: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Edwnville Falls: 14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1219:49
June solstice05:5620:3921:23
September equinox07:2518:5819:36
December solstice08:0816:1717:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534465868727063513929
Precip in2.01.92.03.53.73.72.83.22.83.12.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Midland, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/310933126

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