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Alder Gulch Short Line Steam Railroad Museum

Alder Gulch Short Line Steam Railroad Museum from directly overhead

Alder Gulch Short Line Steam Railroad Museum is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,706 m. Cedar Mountain stands 3,267 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is 2 Story Outhouse, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1706 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.30686, -111.96733
Around it

92 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
Parks: 14
  • Nevada City Historical Marker: 0.2 mi
  • Adobetown Historical Marker: 1.1 mi
  • Virginia City Historical Marker: 1.3 mi
  • Virginia City Park: 1.7 mi
  • Ruby Valley Historical Marker: 6.4 mi
Museums: 7
  • Nevada City Museum Entrance & Music Hall: 0.0 mi
  • River of Gold: 0.1 mi
  • Kiskadden’s Stone Block: 1.3 mi
  • J. Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Ranks Drug Store Museum: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Maloney Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Norris Hot Springs: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Boulder Creek: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alder Gulch Short Line Steam Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cedar MountainESE 104°3,267 m22.0 mi
Granite PeakNNW 348°3,218 m18.2 mi
Hollowtop MountainN 355°3,216 m21.2 mi
Lakeshore MountainNNW 341°3,179 m21.1 mi
A P A MountainNNW 339°3,167 m21.1 mi
Mount JacksonNNW 341°3,165 m20.7 mi
Lonesome PeakN 352°3,148 m17.0 mi
Thompson PeakN 350°3,147 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0219:40
June solstice05:4120:3521:20
September equinox07:1618:4819:27
December solstice08:0515:5916:49

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735415058666556453325
Precip in0.70.60.91.82.42.71.31.11.21.40.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Virginia City, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366094009

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