Barbed Wire Museum
Barbed Wire Museum is a museum in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 626 m. Round House Rock stands 715 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Post Rock Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Smoky Valley Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
The Kansas Barbed Wire Museum is a barbed wire museum located in La Crosse, Kansas, United States, a city known as the “Barbed Wire Capital of the World.” The museum focuses on barbed wire, displaying over 2,400 different forms of the wire and telling its history.
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Wikidata Q14689712, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Seasonal
- Yes
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Smoky Valley Scenic Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway, National
74 named places within 25 miles
- Buffalo: 22.6 mi
- Train Highway: 23.0 mi
- Hereford Bull: 23.1 mi
- Monarch of the Plains: 23.5 mi
- Children Reading: 23.7 mi
- Grass Park: 0.1 mi
- Custer Island Park: 22.2 mi
- Airport Park: 23.0 mi
- Dusty Glassman Ballfields: 23.4 mi
- Frontier Historical Park: 23.5 mi
- Lippard: 6.3 mi
- Pioneer: 6.6 mi
- West Point: 6.8 mi
- Brookdale: 7.3 mi
- Olney: 7.7 mi
- Post Rock Museum: 0.0 mi
- Ellis County Historical Society: 23.9 mi
- Kansas Merci Boxcar: 24.0 mi
- Christ Pilot Me Hill: 18.5 mi
- Fort Hays Historic Site: 23.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail: 13.9 mi
- Round House Rock: 23.4 mi
- Fort Hays Rose Garden: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barbed Wire Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round House Rock | NW 308° | 715 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:14 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:26 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:39 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 32 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 55 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bison 3NW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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