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Captain John Mullan Museum

Captain John Mullan Museum from directly overhead

Captain John Mullan Museum is a museum in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 1,000 m. Stevens Peak stands 2,084 m to the south-southeast, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is John Mullan, a artwork 0.1 miles away. St. Joe River Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The story

city in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States

Wikidata Q1571025, matched on coordinates and name (228 m apart).

What to expect

Fee
donation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.47066, -115.80040

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 15
  • Shoshone Park: 3.4 mi
  • Samuels Park: 5.7 mi
  • Silverton Park: 7.5 mi
  • Osburn Lions City Park: 9.9 mi
  • Gene Day Park: 11.3 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Morning Mine Compressor Foundations: 2.0 mi
  • Ten Commandments: 5.7 mi
  • Time Capsule: 5.7 mi
  • Veteran's Monument: 6.2 mi
  • Miner's Statue: 6.2 mi
Museums: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
Springs: 2
  • Bobtail Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Bloom Spring: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Captain John Mullan Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stevens PeakSSE 157°2,084 m3.4 mi
Granite PeakNNE 16°2,064 m6.6 mi
Clear PeakNNE 33°2,041 m12.1 mi
Beaver PeakNNE 30°2,024 m12.2 mi
Tiger PeakNNW 342°2,017 m4.8 mi
Burke SummitNE 52°2,004 m5.2 mi
Custer PeakNNW 339°1,952 m4.7 mi
Sunset PeakNNW 346°1,947 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1519:56
June solstice05:4720:5721:45
September equinox07:3119:0219:43
December solstice08:2916:0316:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293137445358656556443427
Precip in4.13.54.53.02.53.00.91.01.63.94.73.8

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8150640153

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