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Emma Kunz County Museum

Emma Kunz County Museum from directly overhead

Emma Kunz County Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 161 m. Potato Hill stands 218 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Clair County Historical Society, a museum 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 12 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
161 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.50919, -89.97696

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • St. Clair County Historical Society: 0.3 mi
  • Labor & Industrial Museum: 0.5 mi
  • O'Fallon Historical Society: 6.7 mi
  • Mascoutah Heritage Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center: 11.0 mi
Parks
  • East End Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ever and Anon Park: 0.3 mi
  • Laderman Park: 0.6 mi
  • Belle-Clair Speedway: 0.7 mi
  • South Side Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois: 0.8 mi
  • Transportation Plaza: 6.3 mi
  • Historic Scott Gate: 6.4 mi
  • Airlifter's Memorial: 6.5 mi
  • O'Fallon Veterans Memorial: 7.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 53
Attractions: 28
Peaks: 19
  • Turkey Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Mt Millstadt: 6.9 mi
  • Clarks Mound: 7.0 mi
  • Haubers Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mound: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Nature reserves: 16
Springs: 5
  • Falling Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Headwaters: 15.9 mi
  • Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 17.1 mi
  • Cabanne Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Webster Retention Pond Seep: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Wise Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 18.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potato HillSW 228°218 m23.6 mi
Clarks MoundNW 314°196 m7.0 mi
Turkey HillESE 123°185 m4.9 mi
Fox HillN 353°182 m13.6 mi
Browns MoundNNE 16°174 m14.0 mi
Berger HillENE 59°171 m13.8 mi
Neudeckers MountainNNE 27°171 m21.8 mi
Haubers HillSE 141°166 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3719:4820:28
September equinox06:4818:2418:59
December solstice07:1516:0116:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343848586876797770604837
Precip in2.62.23.44.95.04.64.03.93.43.13.62.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belleville SIU Rsch, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368074785

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