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Bluegrass Heritage Museum

Bluegrass Heritage Museum, a museum in Kentucky
Bluegrass Heritage Museum, a museum in KentuckyNyttend · Public domain
Bluegrass Heritage Museum, a museum in Kentucky
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Bluegrass Heritage Museum, a museum in Kentucky
Christopher L. Riley · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bluegrass Heritage Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 300 m. Grassy Knob stands 450 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Downtown Commercial District, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Boone Creek Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off.

About

The story

Bluegrass Heritage Museum is a local history museum in Winchester, Kentucky. The museum explores many eras, ranging from the Eskippakithiki Indian Village (a branch of the Shawnee), to Daniel Boone and his settlement of Boonesboro, and to the modern day. The exhibits are distributed across the building's three floors, and include the former use of the building as a medical clinic, local agricultural and military history, and collections of quilts and telephones. The museum also holds public programming related to Kentucky's Civil War heritage. The museum also houses the collections of the former Pioneer Telephone Museum.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q4930340, matched on coordinates and name (6 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.98987, -84.17841

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • College Park: 0.5 mi
  • GRCHS Baseball Field: 0.6 mi
  • The Holler: 0.9 mi
  • Wiseman Park: 1.1 mi
  • Winchester Traveling Trail: 1.4 mi
Peaks
  • Spring Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Rose Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Eagle Nest Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Indian Fields Hill: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 38
  • Painted horse: 13.3 mi
  • Eiffel Tower: 15.7 mi
  • Buffalo: 17.2 mi
  • Lexington Grove: 17.3 mi
  • The Meadow: 17.4 mi
Historic sites: 32
Gardens: 21
Museums: 13
  • Hopewell Museum: 15.6 mi
  • Red River Museum: 16.6 mi
  • Living Arts and Science Center: 17.4 mi
  • Kentucky Room: 17.7 mi
  • Lexington History Museum: 17.8 mi
Attractions: 9
Springs: 6
  • Kettle Springs: 11.6 mi
  • Blue Hole: 19.7 mi
  • Boils: 19.7 mi
  • Commonwealth Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Preston Spring: 20.3 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Elk Lick Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Silver Falls: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Lily Mountain Arch: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Bluegrass Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grassy KnobSE 143°450 m18.0 mi
Rotten PointESE 112°434 m14.9 mi
Pilot KnobESE 112°433 m14.3 mi
McKinney MountainSE 145°432 m19.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSE 144°430 m17.5 mi
Buzzard RoostSE 141°429 m17.9 mi
Low KnobSE 145°425 m20.4 mi
Raven RockESE 112°421 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1419:49
June solstice06:1520:2421:03
September equinox07:2519:0119:35
December solstice07:5016:4017:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333744556472757367564538
Precip in3.63.74.74.65.44.95.43.73.93.53.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cressy, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12079163058

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