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George W. Brown, Jr. Ojibwe Museum & Cultural Center

George W. Brown, Jr. Ojibwe Museum & Cultural Center from directly overhead

George W. Brown, Jr. Ojibwe Museum & Cultural Center is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 487 m. Jack Pine Lookout Tower stands 479 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Thunderbird Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 91 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.97030, -89.89377

91 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 35
  • Thunderbird Park: 0.1 mi
  • Patterson Hemlocks State Natural Area: 6.3 mi
  • Powell Marsh State Public Hunting Grounds: 6.7 mi
  • Minocqua Park Complex: 9.0 mi
  • Black Tern Bog State Natural Area: 9.4 mi
Nature reserves: 19
  • Crawling Stone Woods: 3.4 mi
  • Eagle Island: 5.5 mi
  • Camp Island: 5.7 mi
  • Spud Island: 5.7 mi
  • Lost Island: 5.8 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Aoudad: 9.3 mi
  • Serval: 9.4 mi
  • River Otter: 9.4 mi
  • Canadian Lynx: 9.4 mi
  • Woodchuck: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Lac du Flambeau: 1.1 mi
  • Great Lakes Intertribal Council: 1.1 mi
  • Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb 7/26/1886 - 5/30/1956: 10.6 mi
  • World's Largest Penny: 10.7 mi
  • M60A3 Patton Tank: 11.1 mi
Museums: 6
Springs: 3
  • Ferry Springs: 9.7 mi
  • Newman Springs: 14.9 mi
  • Hogsback Springs: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Brandy Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Torpy Park Beach: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cedar Falls: 14.8 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Jack Pine Lookout Tower: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of George W. Brown, Jr. Ojibwe Museum & Cultural Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jack Pine Lookout TowerSSE 167°479 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3319:12
June solstice05:1020:0820:55
September equinox06:4718:2018:59
December solstice07:3915:2716:18

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111425375262666356432917
Precip in1.31.11.72.93.84.44.13.73.63.72.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minocqua, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/567573137

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