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DeLand House Museum

DeLand House Museum is a museum in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Buncombe Hill stands 12 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rinker Native Plant Garden, a park 0.1 miles away. RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

The DeLand House Museum is located at 137 West Michigan Avenue, DeLand, Florida. Built in 1886 by Henry Addison DeLand, it changed hands numerous times until it was donated to the city of DeLand in 1988. It opened as a Victorian era historic house museum in 1990. The museum also contains materials related to the history of western Volusia County, and is operated by the West Volusia Historical Society.

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Dates from 1990.

Wikidata Q5243973, matched on coordinates and name (29 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
12 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.03382, -81.30536

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rinker Native Plant Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Forest of Arden: 0.2 mi
  • CUB Circle: 0.2 mi
  • Painter's Pond Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.3 mi
Springs: 52
  • Volusia Blue Spring: 6.3 mi
  • DeLeon Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Mosquito Springs: 7.8 mi
  • Gemini Springs: 11.8 mi
  • Green Springs: 12.3 mi
Museums: 43
Historic sites: 40
  • Hulley Tower: 0.2 mi
  • Chuck Lennon Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 9.7 mi
  • F-15 Eagle: 11.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 15.2 mi
Gardens: 15
Artworks: 11
Attractions: 6
  • Skydive Deland: 2.6 mi
  • ZOOm Air Orlando: 14.4 mi
  • UNOH FanZone: 17.7 mi
  • Daytona International Speedway Visitors Center: 18.0 mi
  • Zoom Air Adventure Park: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Peaks: 3
  • Buncombe Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Shell Mound: 17.5 mi
  • Green Mound: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Disappearing Island: 23.0 mi
  • Inlet Shore Beach Area: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Central Florida Bible Camp: 19.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buncombe HillNE 41°12 m13.1 mi
Shell MoundNW 306°2 m17.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0619:37
June solstice06:2819:5320:28
September equinox07:1418:5219:23
December solstice07:1616:5717:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F576064697580828279736560
Precip in3.12.43.52.54.28.28.77.16.94.02.32.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deland 1 SSE, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/663014586

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