Carriage House
Carriage House is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 375 m. The nearest named place is Gus' Gas Station, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 43 miles off.
Although originally an 1880s horse barn for four teams of horses used by Standard Oil Company to deliver fuel oil, the Carriage House exhibits vintage carriages including doctor’s buggies, a 2-seat landau, a surrey, a cutter, a toboggan sleigh, and severa
What to expect
- Operated by
- Steele County Historic Society
How to reach it
- 42.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Trophy Case: 0.1 mi
- Fairgrounds Park: 0.2 mi
- Steele County Community Center: 0.3 mi
- Owatonna Soccer Complex: 0.5 mi
- Buecksler Park: 0.6 mi
- MN Pheasants, Inc.: 1.6 mi
- Somerset Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
- Prairie Rose Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Little Fawn Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Swan Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Gus' Gas Station: 0.0 mi
- Dunnel House: 0.0 mi
- Print Shop: 0.0 mi
- One Ton Outhouse: 0.0 mi
- District 14 School House: 0.0 mi
- Steele County Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Alexander Faribault House: 15.6 mi
- Rice County Veterans Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Wasioja Seminary Ruins: 19.9 mi
- Rice County Fairgrounds: 17.0 mi
- Dodge County Fairgrounds: 23.5 mi
- Voyager Valley Teepee: 24.4 mi
- Lansing Corners: 24.9 mi
- Molly Falls: 19.6 mi
- Caron Park Falls: 19.7 mi
- Hidden Falls: 20.2 mi
- Lighter Than Some: 3.4 mi
- Regeneration: 3.5 mi
- Lake Kohlmeier Beach: 1.4 mi
- Mount Krystosek: 20.6 mi
- Janesville Community Gardens: 24.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:16 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:50 | 16:38 |
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 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owatonna, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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