Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum
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Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Pilot Rock stands 293 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Wickham Hall Pratt Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. US 68 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
The story
Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum is an official U.S. Army Museum located in Building 5702 on Tennessee Avenue at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Military artifacts and memorabilia are available to touch and view at the museum which features interior and exterior exhibits that help visitors better reflect on military history. Included are helicopters, planes, jeeps, trucks, tanks, captured enemy weapons and equipment from World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Artifacts on exhibit include a recruiter's jeep from the 1970s and items which had belonged high-ranking Nazi officials including Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring and Julius Streicher, captured by the 101st Airborne Division in 1945 in Berchtesgaden. The main museum theme focuses on the history of Fort Campbell and the 101st Airborne Division, but also visitors experience some of this by stepping inside a restored CG-4A cargo glider. The museum also has exhibits dedicated to the 11th Airborne Division, 5th Special Forces Group, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, and the 12th, 14th, and 20th Armored Divisions which trained at Fort Campbell during World War II.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1956.
Wikidata Q5292587, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 26.8 mi off the Woodlands Trace, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bison Range Overlook · 29 mi
103 named places within 25 miles
- Perez Baseball Field: 0.3 mi
- Morgan Park: 1.8 mi
- Lee Park: 1.8 mi
- Burchwood Park: 1.9 mi
- Fire Department Park: 2.2 mi
- Gander Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Spanish American War Monument: 2.9 mi
- World War 1 Monument: 2.9 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.9 mi
- World War 2 Monument: 2.9 mi
- Brigham Hill: 17.3 mi
- Keeling Hill: 18.4 mi
- Pine Knob: 20.6 mi
- Pilot Rock: 21.7 mi
- Robinson Hill: 21.8 mi
- Wickham Hall Pratt Museum: 0.0 mi
- Sevier Station Park: 7.9 mi
- As The River Flows: 8.6 mi
- Customs House Museum: 9.4 mi
- Guthrie Transportation Museum: 16.1 mi
- SRU Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
- SRU Garden: 1.2 mi
- APSU Botanical Garden: 9.3 mi
- Remember My Name: 9.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 11.9 mi
- King and Queens Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 21.9 mi
- Excape Games: 3.9 mi
- Smith-Trahern Mansion: 8.8 mi
- Historic Bell Witch Cave: 22.1 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 5.8 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 5.8 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 6.7 mi
- Green Man: 9.2 mi
- Window to the World: 9.3 mi
- APSU Farm & Environmental Education Center: 7.8 mi
- Garnett Spring: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Rock | NNE 26° | 293 m | 21.7 mi |
| Pine Knob | NNE 18° | 262 m | 20.6 mi |
| Keeling Hill | NE 36° | 246 m | 18.4 mi |
| Buie Knob | NNW 331° | 242 m | 24.7 mi |
| Buffalo Knob | NW 326° | 217 m | 23.6 mi |
| Brigham Hill | SW 226° | 190 m | 17.3 mi |
| Robinson Hill | WSW 251° | 180 m | 21.8 mi |
| Vinegar Hill | WSW 238° | 166 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksville Outlaw AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1185614754
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