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Elroy Museum

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Elroy Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Sugarbush Hill stands 427 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Museum Gardens Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

power station with capacity >1MW in Juneau County, Wisconsin

Wikidata Q116697392, matched on coordinates and name (298 m apart).

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.73937, -90.27121

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Museum Gardens Park: 0.0 mi
  • Elroy Commons: 0.0 mi
  • Allen Thompson Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • E.O. Schultz Park: 0.7 mi
  • Glenwood Park: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 53
  • Pine Knob: 3.2 mi
  • Daylight Hill: 3.6 mi
  • The Pinnacle: 4.0 mi
  • Pikes Peak: 4.1 mi
  • Johnson Hill: 4.7 mi
Cliffs: 22
Nature reserves: 17
Historic sites: 11
  • Elroy – Sparta State Trail Histoical marker: 0.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Admiral Marc A. Mitscher: 7.3 mi
  • African American Settlers of the Cheyenne Valley: 7.4 mi
  • New Lisbon Veterans Memorial: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Omaha State Trail Tunnel: 6.2 mi
  • Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 1: 9.6 mi
  • Twin Bluffs Cave: 10.4 mi
  • Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 2: 16.0 mi
  • Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 3: 21.8 mi
Artworks: 8
  • Elroy Tunnel Mural: 0.0 mi
  • Saint Francis of Assisi Shrine: 22.2 mi
  • Joan of Arc: 22.2 mi
  • Saint Anne: 22.2 mi
  • Crucifixion Shrine: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 3
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Swimming Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Boating Beach: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarbush HillWNW 300°427 m21.2 mi
Erdman HillWNW 298°416 m22.6 mi
Mount EveNNW 340°413 m12.8 mi
Johnson HillNNE 27°411 m4.7 mi
Red RockWNW 288°397 m23.7 mi
Daylight HillESE 106°396 m3.6 mi
Bellevue HillNNW 342°396 m12.1 mi
Mount ThomW 275°391 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:14
June solstice05:2020:0320:47
September equinox06:4918:2219:00
December solstice07:3315:4016:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133465767716961493624
Precip in1.31.22.03.85.05.14.14.24.12.82.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12107115363

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