Duke Energy Children’s Museum
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Duke Energy Children’s Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cincinnati Union Terminal, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Duke Energy Children's Museum, formerly the Cinergy Children's Museum, is a museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United States. It is one of the museums comprising the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal. Opened in 1998, the museum was moved from historic Longworth Hall near downtown Cincinnati location following the Ohio River Valley Flood of March 1997 that inundated it. This children's museum features several interactive exhibits with educational value. Most are sponsored by companies that receive name and logo placement in the exhibits themselves, including Banfield Pet Hospital and Kroger. The museum is named for its main sponsor, Duke Energy.
Exhibits include a child-sized town with shops and a veterinary clinic, and a farm-inspired playground for preschool-aged children and younger. Older children can engage in active play with equipment such as rope bridges, a climbing wall, an interactive machine with pedal-operated parts, and a tree house. Rooms include animal exhibits and arts and crafts activities. Temporary programs are introduced periodically. 2014 saw the opening of a new aquarium with a collection of fish and turtles. Families receiving government benefits such as food assistance may receive discounted admission.
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Wikidata Q5312774, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 2.2 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 14.9 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cincinnati Union Terminal: 0.0 mi
- Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal: 0.0 mi
- American Legacy Tours: 1.2 mi
- Tyler Davidson Fountain: 1.4 mi
- Aronoff Center for the Arts: 1.5 mi
- Lincoln Playground: 0.5 mi
- Ezzard Charles Park: 0.6 mi
- Queensgate Playfield: 0.6 mi
- Linn & Livingston Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
- Laurel Playground: 0.7 mi
- Guardians of the City: 0.5 mi
- I Have a Dream of Peace: 1.0 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 1.1 mi
- Ezzard Charles: 1.1 mi
- Cincinnati: 1.1 mi
- Laurel–Lincoln World War II Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Peter H. Clark: 0.9 mi
- Chestnut Street Cemetery: 0.9 mi
- George Washington Williams: 1.0 mi
- Mr. Redlegs Bench: 1.0 mi
- Pleasant Street North Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Over-The-Rhine People’s Garden: 1.2 mi
- Kay’s Garden: 1.7 mi
- Druffel Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Medicinal Herb Garden: 2.7 mi
- Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal: 0.0 mi
- Cincinnati History Museum: 0.0 mi
- Museum of Natural History and Science: 0.0 mi
- The Betts House: 0.8 mi
- Cincinnati Type & Print Museum: 0.9 mi
- Theresa Street Reserve: 1.4 mi
- Glenway Woods: 1.8 mi
- Imago: 1.9 mi
- Rawson Woods: 3.0 mi
- Edgewood Grove: 3.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.0 mi
- Brighton Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Echo: 1.9 mi
- Goat Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Adams: 2.1 mi
- Area 23: 3.9 mi
- Area 22, Furnas Hill: 4.0 mi
- Area 26: 4.1 mi
- Area 19, Stone Steps: 4.2 mi
- Area 21: 4.2 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 13.8 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 13.8 mi
- Butterworth: 20.1 mi
- Simpkinsville: 21.1 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Duke Energy Children’s Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | NNW 344° | 319 m | 11.9 mi |
| New Trenton Hill | NW 307° | 287 m | 23.5 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 299° | 284 m | 19.4 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 301° | 279 m | 19.3 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | NNW 348° | 274 m | 20.9 mi |
| Snow Hill | NW 311° | 274 m | 23.2 mi |
| Whites Hill | WNW 299° | 273 m | 21.5 mi |
| Orchard Hill | S 177° | 268 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:37 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheviot, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/438600695
Day trips start here
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 1 mi
- Cincinnati · 2 mi
- Cincinnati/Clifton and Northside · 2 mi
- Cincinnati/Downtown · 2 mi
- Cincinnati/Western · 2 mi
- Covington · 3 mi
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