Fennimore Railroad Historical Society Museum
Fennimore Railroad Historical Society Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 368 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 15 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
power station with capacity >1MW in Grant County, Wisconsin
Wikidata Q116697393, matched on coordinates and name (398 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 368 m
What to expect
- Fee
- donation
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 11.2 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
- 26.4 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
- 29.0 mi off the Driftless Area Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Crows Nest · 26 mi
- Fire Point · 27 mi
- Hanging Rock · 28 mi
- luster Heights · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Arborvitae Park: 0.4 mi
- Marsden Park: 0.4 mi
- Foxmoor Heights Greenway: 0.5 mi
- Oakwood Nature Park: 1.4 mi
- Pine Knob: 6.4 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 8.0 mi
- Sunset Rock: 11.2 mi
- Big Rock: 12.1 mi
- Borah Creek Prairie: 3.9 mi
- REM Castle Rock Creek: 7.4 mi
- Boscobel Bluffs: 10.2 mi
- Blue River Bluffs State Natural Area: 13.6 mi
- Adiantum Woods State Natural Area: 13.6 mi
- Anderson Mills & The Dinky Railroad: 8.1 mi
- The Gideons: 9.5 mi
- Woodman & the Dinky railroad: 10.3 mi
- Tank: 10.6 mi
- Old Rock Church: 11.1 mi
- Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum: 0.1 mi
- Grant County History Museum: 9.9 mi
- Boscobel Station: 10.7 mi
- The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museum: 19.9 mi
- Passage Thru Time Museum: 20.7 mi
- Waterfall: 13.9 mi
- Eagle Cave: 18.7 mi
- Platte Mound M: 19.9 mi
- First Capitol Historical Site: 21.2 mi
- M60A3: 21.5 mi
- Igor the Mouse: 0.6 mi
- Cow: 10.5 mi
- Big Spring: 13.8 mi
- Crowley Spring: 20.2 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 18.8 mi
- Wyalusing Beach: 24.8 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 13.4 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 20.1 mi
- Bogus Bluff: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fennimore Railroad Historical Society Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | SE 140° | 435 m | 19.9 mi |
| Belmont Mound | SE 134° | 427 m | 21.6 mi |
| Little Mound | SE 139° | 389 m | 20.5 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | ENE 71° | 366 m | 24.0 mi |
| John Hill | NNE 23° | 355 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mondell Hill | WNW 282° | 347 m | 23.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | NE 48° | 326 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pine Knob | NW 317° | 325 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:45 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boscobel AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/367811166
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