Creation Museum
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Creation Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Circle Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Creation Museum, located in Petersburg, Kentucky, United States, is a museum that promotes a pseudoscientific form of young Earth creationism (YEC), portraying the origin of the universe and life on Earth based on a literal interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative of the Bible. It is operated by the Christian creation apologetics organization Answers in Genesis (AiG). The 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m2) museum cost US$27 million, raised through private donations, and opened on May 28, 2007. In addition to the main collection, the facility has a special effects theater, a planetarium, an Allosaurus skeleton and an insect collection. As the headquarters of AiG, the museum has approximately 300 employees, and permanent employees must sign a statement of faith affirming their belief in AiG's principles. Reflecting young-Earth creationist beliefs, the museum depicts humans and dinosaurs coexisting, portrays the Earth as approximately 6,000 years old, and disputes the theory of evolution. Scientists, educators, and theologians have criticized the museum for misrepresenting science and expressed concerns that it could harm science education, and even some Christians have expressed concern that its rejection of scientific consensus could damage the credibility of Christianity and its adherents. Tenets of young-Earth creationism enjoy moderate support among the general population in the United States, however, contributing to the museum's popularity. The museum is controversial and has received much commentary from cultural observers and the museum community. Scholars of museum studies, like Gretchen Jennings, have said that creationist exhibitions lack "valid connection with current worldwide thinking on their chosen discipline" and with "human knowledge and experience", and are not in their view museums at all.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2007-05-28.
Wikidata Q1139337, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2007-05-26
What to expect
- Operated by
- Answers in Genesis
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 3.8 mi off the Whitewater Canal Scenic Byway, National
- 3.8 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 5.1 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Miami River Public Access Site: 2.2 mi
- Shawnee Lookout: 3.0 mi
- North Pointe Park: 3.2 mi
- Civic Park: 3.4 mi
- Arch Street Park: 3.5 mi
- Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg: 3.3 mi
- C&O Caboose: 4.7 mi
- Miami Lakes Sports: 9.1 mi
- Rising Star Casino Resort: 9.5 mi
- Florence Y’All Water Tower: 9.5 mi
- Lawrenceburg: 4.1 mi
- William Henry Harrison Memorial: 4.8 mi
- John Cleves Symmes: 4.8 mi
- Abraham Brower: 4.8 mi
- Addyston War Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Big Boy: 5.2 mi
- Saber-Tooth Cat: 7.3 mi
- Big Boy: 9.0 mi
- Big Boy: 10.0 mi
- Big Boy: 10.1 mi
- Circle Garden: 0.0 mi
- Dry Creek: 0.0 mi
- Lake Garden: 0.1 mi
- Koi Pond Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rainforest Garden: 0.1 mi
- Dearborn County Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Delhi Historical Society: 8.9 mi
- The German Heritage Museum: 11.4 mi
- Price Hill Historical Society: 11.4 mi
- Cincinnati Type & Print Museum: 12.4 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.8 mi
- Ludlow Hill: 4.8 mi
- Mount Nebo: 4.8 mi
- College Hill: 4.9 mi
- Cobb Hill: 6.3 mi
- Flannery Island: 2.6 mi
- The Oxbow: 3.7 mi
- Boone Cliffs State Nature Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Decker Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Imago: 11.4 mi
- Columbia Terrace: 2.7 mi
- Cedar Bend: 2.7 mi
- Area 33, Maple Ridge: 11.3 mi
- Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 11.5 mi
- Dry Fork Meadow: 11.8 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 24.4 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 24.5 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 5.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Creation Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | NE 37° | 319 m | 16.5 mi |
| Elkhorn Hill | NNW 343° | 308 m | 19.4 mi |
| English Hill | NNW 339° | 304 m | 20.5 mi |
| Gobblers Knob Hill | NNW 335° | 301 m | 19.8 mi |
| Cobbs Hill | NNW 343° | 299 m | 21.2 mi |
| Wewe Hill | NNW 327° | 299 m | 21.2 mi |
| South Gate Hill | NNW 332° | 297 m | 19.7 mi |
| Long Hollow Hill | NNW 331° | 296 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:16 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:29 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:38 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati-fernbank, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Lawrenceburg · 4 mi
- Hebron · 5 mi
- Florence · 10 mi
- Cincinnati/Western · 12 mi
- Cincinnati/Clifton and Northside · 14 mi
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 14 mi
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