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Badger Mine and Museum

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Elevation, modelled
304 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Platte Mounds435 m · 15.9 mi
Nearest byway
Great River Road13.7 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:43local time
Coordinates
42.5703, -90.2357

Badger Mine and Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled 304 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Shullsburg factory tour, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 14 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

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Yes
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Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Platte MoundsNNW 327°435 m15.9 mi
Belmont MoundNNW 337°427 m14.9 mi
Little MoundNNW 330°389 m15.4 mi
White HillS 170°381 m2.0 mi
Charles MoundS 183°374 m4.6 mi
Benton MoundSE 142°367 m15.3 mi
Mount SumnerSE 146°357 m8.6 mi
Scales MoundSSW 194°356 m7.3 mi

Overlooks nearby

114 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 33
Peaks: 21
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2420:0020:43
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2815:4616:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

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