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Barnes County Historical Society Museum

Barnes County Historical Society Museum from directly overhead

Barnes County Historical Society Museum is a museum in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 373 m. Pilot Knob stands 451 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway runs past it. 31 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee: Yes

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Getting there

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Coordinates46.92556, -98.00355

On the Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

31 named places within 25 miles

Parks22

Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
Viking Park: 0.3 mi
City Park: 0.3 mi
Viking Park: 0.3 mi
Memorial park: 0.4 mi

Nature reserves3

Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 6.0 mi
Tomahawk National Wildlife Refuge: 13.3 mi
Stoney Slough National Wildlife Refuge: 15.5 mi

Gardens2

Hi-Line Prarie Gardens and Orchard: 0.5 mi
Valley City Community Garden: 1.2 mi

Peaks2

Pilot Knob: 11.4 mi
Standing Rock Hill: 21.3 mi

Historic sites1

Established 1883: 0.4 mi

Rest areas1

Oriska Rest area: 12.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barnes County Historical Society Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Pilot Knob	NE 38°	451 m	11.4 mi
Standing Rock Hill	SSE 168°	451 m	21.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:36	19:05	19:45
June solstice	05:38	20:44	21:31
September equinox	07:20	18:52	19:32
December solstice	08:15	15:55	16:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	8	12	25	40	54	65	69	67	58	44	28	15
Precip in	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.2	3.2	3.6	3.0	2.6	2.7	1.9	0.7	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valley City 3 NNW, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/139602337

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