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Freeborn County Historical Society Museum

Freeborn County Historical Society Museum from directly overhead

Freeborn County Historical Society Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a recorded elevation of 379 m. The nearest named place is Hawthorne Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 71 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 379 m

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.65999, -93.35925

71.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
24.5 mi off the Shooting Star Wildflower and Historic Route Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Hawthorne Park: 0.2 mi
Valley Park: 0.2 mi
Eastgate Park: 0.4 mi
New Denmark Park: 0.5 mi
Katherine Island: 0.5 mi

Nature reserves

P.N. and G.M. Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
Magaksica Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
Upper Twin Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
Halls Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
Ann & Leo Donahue Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi

Museums10

Alden Community Museum: 10.8 mi
Myrtle Museum: 11.8 mi
Worth County Historical Museum: 16.5 mi
Swensrud School Museum: 16.5 mi
Mower County Historical Society Exhibits: 18.5 mi

Historic sites5

Freeborn County Courthouse: 1.0 mi
Minnesota Welcomes You: 10.8 mi
Thanks for Visiting Minnesota: 10.8 mi
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 18.7 mi
Area Veterans Memorial: 19.2 mi

Rest areas2

Rest Area: 3.9 mi
Iowa Welcome Center: 14.8 mi

Attractions2

Mower County Fairgrounds: 18.3 mi
Lansing Corners: 19.3 mi

Beaches1

Albert Lea Beach: 0.5 mi

Springs1

Spring of Winnebago River: 10.5 mi

Ghost towns1

Clayton: 24.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:48	19:26
June solstice	05:33	20:15	20:59
September equinox	07:01	18:35	19:13
December solstice	07:45	15:53	16:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	14	19	31	45	58	69	72	70	62	48	34	21
Precip in	0.9	0.9	1.9	3.7	4.9	5.4	4.8	4.3	3.7	2.6	1.5	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albert LEA 3SE, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/367068179

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