Big Brutus Museum
Big Brutus Museum is a museum in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Breezy Hill stands 305 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Brutus, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 13 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
The story
power shovel used in southeastern Kansas strip mining
Wikidata Q858606, matched on coordinates and name (105 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 18.4 mi off the Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
99 named places within 25 miles
- Strip Pits State Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
- Mined Land Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
- Dr. Stanley E Davis Memorial Park [Lions]: 8.7 mi
- Columbus City Park: 9.3 mi
- Reeves Park: 9.5 mi
- Parsons Historical Museum: 18.3 mi
- Curious Minds Discovery Zone: 18.3 mi
- Iron Horse Museum: 18.3 mi
- Chetopa Historical Museum: 18.4 mi
- Baxter Springs Heritage Museum: 20.4 mi
- Treece: 19.6 mi
- Zincville: 20.8 mi
- Picher: 20.9 mi
- Cardin: 21.2 mi
- Hockerville: 21.2 mi
- Big Brutus: 0.1 mi
- Page Dragline: 0.1 mi
- Railroad Depot: 15.9 mi
- Rainbow Bridge: 17.7 mi
- Marsh arc bridge: 17.7 mi
- Bell Mound: 1.6 mi
- Timber Hill: 9.3 mi
- Blue Mound: 19.7 mi
- Tackett Mound: 23.7 mi
- Breezy Hill: 24.1 mi
- Columbus Telephone Company 100 Year Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Antietam Circle #2: 17.1 mi
- Antietam Circle: 17.1 mi
- Treece, Kansas Historical Marker: 19.9 mi
- "t-lane memorial': 22.9 mi
- Gus the Gorilla: 15.4 mi
- A Student's Life: 16.0 mi
- 1A Football State Champs 1984: 20.8 mi
- Big Hill: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Brutus Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breezy Hill | NE 41° | 305 m | 24.1 mi |
| Tackett Mound | W 269° | 301 m | 23.7 mi |
| Blue Mound | SSE 161° | 291 m | 19.7 mi |
| Bell Mound | NNW 341° | 281 m | 1.6 mi |
| Timber Hill | WSW 251° | 247 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
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 | 33 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 37 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1225831372
Day trips start here
- Baxter Springs · 21 mi
- Galena · 22 mi
- Joplin · 27 mi
- Miami · 27 mi
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