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Fire Museum of Memphis
Fire Museum of Memphis is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. The nearest named place is Forrest and the Memphis Slave Trade, a historic site 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 162 miles off.
The story
fire museum in Memphis, Tennessee
Dates from 1998.
Wikidata Q5451397, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates35.14831, -90.05104
- 162.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 1.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 11.4 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 37.9 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Forrest and the Memphis Slave Trade: 0.1 mi
- Memphis Welcome Center EGG: 0.2 mi
- U.s Supreme Court rules on Overton Park and I-40: 0.2 mi
- B. B. King: 0.2 mi
- Tennessee Amvets Memorial: 0.2 mi
Parks
- Court Square: 0.2 mi
- Fourth Bluff Park: 0.2 mi
- The Fourth Bluff: 0.3 mi
- Brinkley Park: 0.3 mi
- Cobblestone Landing: 0.4 mi
Attractions
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 0.5 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 0.5 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 0.5 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 0.5 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 0.5 mi
Museums: 29
- Magevney House: 0.2 mi
- The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange: 0.4 mi
- Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art: 0.5 mi
- Memphis Music Hall of Fame: 0.6 mi
- W. C. Handy Home and Museum: 0.6 mi
Beaches: 21
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 14.5 mi
- West Junction shore: 17.6 mi
- West Snake Beach: 17.7 mi
- West Potato Beach: 17.9 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 17.9 mi
Artworks: 13
- Elvis Presley: 0.2 mi
- Danny Thomas and Child: 0.5 mi
- St. Jude Thaddeus: 0.5 mi
- I Have Been to the Mountaintop: 0.7 mi
- Whirl: 0.8 mi
Gardens: 7
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 3.4 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 6.7 mi
- Meditation Garden: 7.3 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 8.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 3.4 mi
- Audubon Park: 8.2 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 11.3 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 13.8 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 0.3 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 11.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Hopefield: 1.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 21.8 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Memphis Intl AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/95139736
Day trips start here
- Memphis · 0 mi
- West Memphis · 7 mi
- Marion · 9 mi
- Bartlett · 11 mi
- Southaven · 13 mi
- Olive Branch · 18 mi
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