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Boehnen Memorial Museum

Boehnen Memorial Museum from directly overhead

Boehnen Memorial Museum is a museum in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 389 m. Big Mound stands 399 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Audrey's Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. 62 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village

How to reach it

Coordinates43.74097, -98.03300

62 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Sportsman Club: 0.3 mi
  • Kibbee Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kippes Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Celia Kelley Pines: 1.2 mi
  • Cadwell Park: 1.4 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Flame of Wisdom: 0.1 mi
  • Clock: 1.8 mi
  • Corn Palace Mascot: 1.8 mi
  • Girl Jumping Rope: 2.7 mi
  • Sinclair Dinosaur: 3.4 mi
Museums: 5
  • McGovern Legacy Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Dakota Discovery Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Telstar Mustang-Shelby-Cobra: 3.0 mi
  • Mt. Vernon Area Historical Society: 11.3 mi
  • Plankinton/Aurora County Historical Museum: 22.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Big Mound: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boehnen Memorial Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MoundN 353°399 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:45
June solstice05:5120:3421:18
September equinox07:2018:5319:31
December solstice08:0416:1116:58

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172234465869747263493422

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mitchell 2 N, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/500554414

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