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Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center

Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center from directly overhead

Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center is a museum in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Crater Mountain stands 684 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Roald Amundsen, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. 27 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

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What to expect

Operated by: National Park Service

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Coordinates64.49795, -165.40835

Around it

27 named places within 25 miles

Peaks23

Anvil Mountain: 4.7 mi
Newton Peak: 5.0 mi
Banner Peak: 5.0 mi
North Newton Peak: 5.4 mi
Native Hill: 5.6 mi

Attractions2

World's Biggest Gold Pan: 0.2 mi
Ryan Air plane crash (1989): 23.6 mi

Artworks1

Roald Amundsen: 0.0 mi

Historic sites1

Swanberg's Dredge: 1.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Crater Mountain	NNW 348°	684 m	17.6 mi
Mount Distin	N 2°	656 m	18.9 mi
Aurora Mountain	NNW 336°	647 m	16.5 mi
Black Top	N 10°	547 m	18.5 mi
Engstrom Mountain	NNE 17°	538 m	14.3 mi
Mountain Brynteson	N 1°	522 m	9.5 mi
Osborn Dome	NNE 30°	512 m	13.0 mi
Monument Rock	NNW 327°	442 m	7.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	09:02	20:13	21:17
June solstice	04:20	23:45	01:48
September equinox	08:46	20:01	21:05
December solstice	12:03	—	15:58

Local time (America/Nome).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	6	9	10	23	37	48	52	50	43	30	18	9
Precip in	0.9	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.0	2.4	3.2	2.2	1.8	1.3	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nome AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/13670177897

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