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Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, a museum in Indiana
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Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum is a museum in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 265 m. Sand Hill stands 328 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is National Auto & Truck Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 111 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum is an automobile museum located in Auburn, Indiana, United States. Opened in 1974, it is dedicated to preserving cars built by Auburn Automobile, Cord Automobile, and Duesenberg Motors Company.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1930.

Wikidata Q3629435, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.35560, -85.05705

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eckhart Park: 0.2 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dekalb County Fairgrounds: 0.6 mi
  • Eckhart Library Green: 0.6 mi
  • Forrest Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Irene Byron Tuberculosis Sanatorium: 12.5 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 13.4 mi
  • Chief Little Turtle: 16.1 mi
  • Fort Cooper: 16.4 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Gravesite: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 31
  • Komodo Dragon Statue: 17.9 mi
  • Orangutan Statue: 17.9 mi
  • Sera: 18.7 mi
  • Lawton: 18.8 mi
  • Alice Hamilton: 19.1 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Attractions: 19
  • Amazing Fall Fun: 5.6 mi
  • Corn Maze: 5.7 mi
  • DeBrands Chocolate: 12.8 mi
  • Piere's: 15.7 mi
  • Colobus Monkey: 17.8 mi
Museums: 13
  • National Auto & Truck Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Mid-America Windmill Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Pleasant Lake History Museum: 15.3 mi
  • Churubusco History Center: 16.1 mi
  • Science Central: 18.7 mi
Peaks: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Gardens: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Blue Lake Public Access Site: 17.7 mi
  • Dallas Lake Beach: 23.2 mi
  • Fitzgeald Beach: 24.0 mi
  • Westlakes Beach: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Auburn Rest Area Northbound: 4.4 mi
  • Pigeon Creek Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Blue Cast Spring: 17.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillNW 322°328 m14.0 mi
Hell's PointN 5°326 m24.9 mi
Diamond HillWNW 285°312 m24.9 mi
Baby MountainNW 307°309 m12.4 mi
Parkview HillS 190°257 m12.1 mi
Buckner HillSSW 205°250 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:52
June solstice06:0820:3621:18
September equinox07:2819:0319:39
December solstice08:0416:3017:15

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232636485967716962513928
Precip in2.52.32.74.04.73.93.53.93.23.03.12.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Garrett 1 S, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/151842965

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