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Blue Earth County Heritage Center Museum

Blue Earth County Heritage Center Museum from directly overhead

Blue Earth County Heritage Center Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a recorded elevation of 252 m. The nearest named place is Blue Earth County Historical Society, a museum 0.1 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 252 m

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.15997, -94.00301

0.6 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
62.3 mi off the Great River Road, National

Overlooks nearby

North Overlook · 4 mi
South Overlook · 4 mi
Former Dam Site · 24 mi
Overlook · 25 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Lincoln Park: 0.2 mi
Jackson Park: 0.3 mi
Civic Center Plaza: 0.4 mi
Highland Park: 0.5 mi
Reconciliation Park: 0.6 mi

Nature reserves

O A Vee Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Johnson Marsh Unit: 6.9 mi
Saiki Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi
Gilfillan Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Larson Unit: 8.5 mi

Museums13

Blue Earth County Historical Society: 0.1 mi
Hubbard House: 0.1 mi
Betsy-Tacy Society: 0.3 mi
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota: 0.5 mi
Conkling Art Center: 0.9 mi

Historic sites11

U.S.-Dakota War Historic Marker: 0.6 mi
Dakota 38 Memorial: 0.6 mi
Vietnam War Memorial: 0.9 mi
Alumni Arch and Plaza: 1.0 mi
Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi

Waterfalls7

Minnemishinona Falls: 4.1 mi
Lower Minneopa Falls: 4.4 mi
Upper Minneopa Falls: 4.4 mi
Minnewankon Falls: 5.2 mi
Triple Falls: 6.3 mi

Artworks6

Mni Mural: 0.5 mi
Winter Warrior: 0.6 mi
Buffalo: 0.6 mi
Mni Mural: 0.6 mi
Sesquicentennial Statue: 11.4 mi

Gardens4

Heart and Soil Community Garden: 0.6 mi
Betty Todd Troost Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
Janesville Community Gardens: 14.9 mi
Shellee's Greenhouse: 22.3 mi

Beaches2

Hiniker Pond Public Beach: 1.9 mi
Hiniker Pond Public Beach: 2.0 mi

Attractions1

Voyager Valley Teepee: 15.1 mi

Peaks1

Mount Krystosek: 22.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:50	19:28
June solstice	05:33	20:19	21:04
September equinox	07:04	18:37	19:15
December solstice	07:49	15:53	16:41

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	15	19	31	45	58	68	72	70	62	49	34	21
Precip in	1.0	0.8	1.9	3.3	4.2	5.6	4.3	4.3	3.3	2.4	1.6	1.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/367068236

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