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Allen Memorial Art Museum

Allen Memorial Art Museum, a museum in Ohio
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Allen Memorial Art Museum, a museum in Ohio
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Allen Memorial Art Museum, a museum in Ohio
Daderot · Public domain
Allen Memorial Art Museum, a museum in Ohio
Daderot · Public domain
Allen Memorial Art Museum, a museum in Ohio
Daderot · Public domain
Allen Memorial Art Museum, a museum in Ohio
Daderot · Public domain

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Allen Memorial Art Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 249 m. Cedar Point stands 232 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Giant Three-Way Plug, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 9.8 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) is an art museum located in Oberlin, Ohio, and run by Oberlin College. Founded in 1917, the collection contains over 15,000 works of art.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1917.

Wikidata Q3816734, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
249 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Oberlin College
Fee
No
Step-free access
Limited

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.29361, -82.21650
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tappan Square: 0.1 mi
  • Park Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Wright Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Oberlin Arboretum: 0.7 mi
  • Prospect Park: 0.7 mi
Museums: 29
Nature reserves: 25
Picnic sites: 21
Historic sites: 10
  • Oberlin and the Underground Railroad: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Arch: 0.2 mi
  • Underground Railroad Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 7.6 mi
  • Walter Clague Monument: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 9
Beaches: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Olmsted Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Berea Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Quarry Lane Horseshoe Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Columbia Beach Falls: 21.1 mi
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Cedar Point: 18.8 mi
  • North Milan Hill: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Princess Ledges: 19.4 mi
  • Princess Ledges: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Lorain Rest Area: 9.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cedar PointENE 66°232 m18.8 mi
North Milan HillW 274°201 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:41
June solstice05:5720:2421:06
September equinox07:1718:5119:28
December solstice07:5216:1917:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837496069737164534132
Precip in2.92.42.93.73.84.13.93.63.73.43.02.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oberlin, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/35220217

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