Dinosaur Discovery Museum
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Dinosaur Discovery Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Civic Center Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Dinosaur Discovery Museum is a natural history museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. It is dedicated to the exploration and explication of the relationship between the theropods, which include early and modern birds and ancient carnivorous biped dinosaurs such as Carnotaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex, and Archaeopteryx. The museum has the largest skeletal cast collection of theropods dinosaurs in North America and is the only museum to focus a gallery specifically on the evolution of birds (avian dinosaurs) from non-avian dinosaurs, with a second smaller gallery focusing on "Little Clint", a three-year-old Tyrannosaurus uncovered by a dig conducted with the Carthage Institute of Paleontology. The museum is located in the former post office (later the home of the Kenosha Public Museum building) and is a part of the Kenosha Public Museums system.
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Dates from 2006.
Wikidata Q5278627, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Kenosha
- Fee
- donation
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Civic Center Park: 0.0 mi
- Friendship Park: 0.3 mi
- Library Park: 0.3 mi
- Navy Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Bain Park: 0.4 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- D-Day Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Christopher Columbus: 0.8 mi
- Leonard Entryway: 2.8 mi
- Wisconsin Welcome Sign: 3.4 mi
- Laser Tag: 6.9 mi
- The Vault: 6.9 mi
- Ballocity: 6.9 mi
- Bumper Cars: 6.9 mi
- Sander's Park Hardwoods (No. 56): 6.3 mi
- Spring Bluff Forest Preserve: 6.8 mi
- North Dunes Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Oak-Hickory Forest Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Southport Light Station Museum: 0.5 mi
- Kenosha History Center: 0.6 mi
- Kenosha Public Museum: 0.6 mi
- Kenosha Civil War Museum: 0.6 mi
- Pleasant Prairie History Museum: 5.5 mi
- Sturtevant Community Gardens: 8.8 mi
- Walden III Rain Garden: 9.6 mi
- Racine Bicentennial Gardens: 10.0 mi
- Walkabout Creek: 11.5 mi
- Bowen Formal Garden: 13.7 mi
- Eichelman Beach: 0.6 mi
- Simmons Island Beach: 0.7 mi
- Pennoyer Beach: 1.5 mi
- Alford Park Beach: 2.0 mi
- North Point Marina Beach: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Area 4: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 6.2 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 0.3 mi
- Ma Mère: 0.7 mi
- Jockey International Globe: 0.7 mi
- Sphere: 0.8 mi
- Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Monument: 9.7 mi
- Leahy Hill: 11.8 mi
- Mount Tom: 19.2 mi
- Gander Mountain: 19.8 mi
- Mount Moriah: 22.9 mi
- Bald Knob: 23.9 mi
- Kenosha Light: 0.6 mi
- Kenosha North Pierhead Light: 0.8 mi
- Light 2: 19.2 mi
- Light 1: 19.3 mi
- Aurora: 3.1 mi
- Raymond Center: 17.8 mi
- Muskego Settlement: 23.4 mi
- Denoon: 24.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 5.0 mi
- Kenosha Rest Area 26 (I-94 WB): 7.7 mi
- Covington Bluff: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dinosaur Discovery Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gander Mountain | WSW 252° | 283 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Tom | WNW 285° | 265 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Moriah | W 259° | 257 m | 22.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | SW 235° | 235 m | 23.9 mi |
| Leahy Hill | SSW 202° | 234 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kenosha Wwtp, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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