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District 14 School House

District 14 School House from directly overhead

District 14 School House is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 375 m. The nearest named place is One Ton Outhouse, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 43 miles off.

One of 99 school districts in Steele County, District 14 was 3 miles southwest of Owatonna, built in 1856 by William Thompson so his neighbors’ children and his grandson wouldn’t have so far to walk to school....

What to expect

Operated by
Steele County Historic Society

How to reach it

Coordinates44.06834, -93.21761

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trophy Case: 0.1 mi
  • Fairgrounds Park: 0.1 mi
  • Steele County Community Center: 0.3 mi
  • Owatonna Soccer Complex: 0.5 mi
  • Sid Kinyon Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 9
Attractions: 4
  • Rice County Fairgrounds: 17.0 mi
  • Dodge County Fairgrounds: 23.5 mi
  • Voyager Valley Teepee: 24.4 mi
  • Lansing Corners: 24.9 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Lighter Than Some: 3.4 mi
  • Regeneration: 3.5 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky: 25.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Mount Krystosek: 20.6 mi
Gardens: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:3120:1621:00
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4515:5016:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831455768727062483320
Precip in0.90.92.03.24.65.34.84.83.82.51.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owatonna, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/233815661

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