Besser Museum
Besser Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Hickey Hill stands 306 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
The Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan shall be a community resource that serves to inspire curiosity, foster community pride, and cultivate personal legacy.
The story
The Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan is a community museum serving Alpena County and surrounding counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. Alpena is a port city on Lake Huron. The museum defines its role broadly — to preserve, protect and present history and culture closely connected with the heritage of Northern Michigan and the Great Lakes. The museum includes a small publicly-owned planetarium.
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Dates from 1964.
Wikidata Q24534644, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
130 named places within 25 miles
- Duck Park: 0.3 mi
- Island Park: 0.4 mi
- Lamare Park: 0.9 mi
- Riverside Skate Park: 0.9 mi
- Rotary Island Mill Park: 1.1 mi
- Eagle: 0.1 mi
- Global Collaboration Awareness: 0.1 mi
- “Kaiser Paul” Lumberjack Statue: 0.1 mi
- Departure of the Great Blue Herons: 0.4 mi
- Gone Fishing: 0.9 mi
- Grass Island: 3.2 mi
- Alpena Field Office: 4.6 mi
- Misery Bay Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Morris Bay Nature Sanctuary: 7.1 mi
- North Point Nature Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Lady Michigan: 1.2 mi
- Spaceship Simulator: 3.7 mi
- Sanborn Fishing Pier: 10.9 mi
- Bell Village Chimney: 11.8 mi
- Bruski Sinkhole: 14.9 mi
- Alpena County Courthouse: 0.9 mi
- St. Bernard Catholic Church: 1.2 mi
- George N. Fletcher Commemorative Marker: 1.5 mi
- The Daniel Carter Family: 1.5 mi
- Ossineke Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Manning Hill: 13.1 mi
- Hickey Hill: 17.9 mi
- Mount Maria: 23.1 mi
- Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center: 1.1 mi
- Presque Isle Township Museum: 19.1 mi
- Starlite Beach: 2.3 mi
- Bebe Beach: 10.8 mi
- Alpena Light: 1.9 mi
- Hagensville: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Besser Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickey Hill | SSW 197° | 306 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Maria | SSW 192° | 282 m | 23.1 mi |
| Manning Hill | W 265° | 280 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:07 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:40 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:06 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 21 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpena Wwtp, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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