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Burroughs Home

Burroughs Home from directly overhead

Burroughs Home is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 556 m. Marengo Hills stands 588 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Railroad Depot Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 23 VIC SPRAGUE TO JCT SR 2 VIC REARDEN passes 23 miles off. 29 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ritzville Museums

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.12524, -118.38313
Around it

29 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 8
  • Veterans Memorial Children's Park: 0.3 mi
  • City of Ritzville Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ralston Memorial Park: 9.9 mi
  • Lind Community Rec Center: 15.0 mi
  • Town of Lind Park: 15.1 mi
Museums: 4
  • Railroad Depot Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Adams County Museum: 15.2 mi
  • Odessa Historisches Museum: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • Providence Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Rock Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Negro Spring: 24.3 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Marengo Hills: 10.1 mi
  • Terksaleeze Butte: 12.1 mi
  • Coyote Butte: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Skydive West Plains: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Towell Falls: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marengo HillsESE 118°588 m10.1 mi
Coyote ButteSE 145°521 m20.6 mi
Terksaleeze ButteSE 136°512 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2619:06
June solstice04:5920:0620:54
September equinox06:4118:1318:53
December solstice07:3815:1516:07

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303440475562707061493729
Precip in1.61.11.31.01.20.90.40.30.41.11.61.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ritzville 1 SSE, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1237641811

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