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G Howard Bryan Museum of Southern History

G Howard Bryan Museum of Southern History from directly overhead

G Howard Bryan Museum of Southern History is a museum in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakeside Park, a park 0.2 miles away. WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL passes 11 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Museum of Southern History also known as the G. Howard Bryan Museum of Southern History was located in Jacksonville, Florida, Duval County, Florida. It was located at 4304 Herschel Street. The museum depicted lifestyles and culture from the antebellum South and included a research library for genealogy. Its research library housed 5,000 volumes. Its permanent collection included clothing and other artifacts from the Civil War era. Items included the flag which draped Abraham Lincoln's coffin, which was put up for auction in 2024 following the museum's loss of its lease.

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Wikidata Q16908756, matched on coordinates and name (6 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

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Coordinates30.28295, -81.71376

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lakeside Park: 0.2 mi
  • Stinson Park: 0.4 mi
  • Baker Point Park: 0.4 mi
  • Greenwood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Yerkes Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Riverview Gardens: 9.0 mi
  • Save the Frogs: 9.1 mi
  • Emu: 9.1 mi
  • Lorikeet Aviary: 9.1 mi
  • Hornbill Aviary: 9.1 mi
Artworks: 18
Museums: 14
Nature reserves: 11
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 7.4 mi
  • Branan Field Wildlife and Environmental Area: 10.5 mi
  • Pablo Creek Perserve: 15.5 mi
  • Black Creek Ravines Conservation Area: 16.3 mi
Gardens: 9
  • English Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Italian Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Upper Olmsted Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Lower Olmsted Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Soldiers of the American Revolution Associated with Jacksonville History: 4.3 mi
  • Andrew Jackson: 4.4 mi
  • Market Street Horror: 4.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 5.2 mi
  • Grove Park Memorial: 8.6 mi
Springs: 7
  • Pottsburg Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Wadesboro Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Ww Gay 1 Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Ww Gay 2 Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Sunowa Spring: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Round Top: 14.8 mi
  • Indian Mound: 18.2 mi
  • Mount Cornelia: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CorneliaENE 59°15 m20.0 mi
Round TopNE 51°8 m14.8 mi
Indian MoundENE 72°3 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:39
June solstice06:2619:5720:32
September equinox07:1618:5319:25
December solstice07:2016:5517:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F566065717882848481746559
Precip in2.92.33.12.43.27.36.06.36.13.62.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville NAS, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1088329317

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