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Downing Museum

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Elevation, modelled
187 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
The WKU Hilltop521 m · 3.6 mi
Nearest byway
US 68 Scenic Byway2.6 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:10local time
Coordinates
36.9939, -86.5175

Downing Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled 187 m. The WKU Hilltop stands 521 m to the east, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Briggs Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. US 68 Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

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Baker Arboretum

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The WKU HilltopE 97°521 m3.6 mi
Pilot KnobE 81°285 m19.3 mi
Pilot KnobSW 216°282 m14.7 mi
Shipley KnobNNE 32°257 m18.7 mi
Buzzard KnobSW 233°256 m20.1 mi
Crumps KnobNE 51°256 m21.9 mi
Brooks KnobNE 52°254 m22.1 mi
Luckett KnobWSW 240°250 m24.9 mi

Overlooks nearby

66 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:58
June solstice05:2819:3120:10
September equinox06:3518:1018:45
December solstice06:5615:5316:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

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