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Gibb's Museum

Gibb's Museum from directly overhead

Gibb's Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 301 m. Starks Mound stands 310 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bell Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.6 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.99255, -93.18867

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Grove Park: 0.2 mi
  • Falcon Heights Community Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mullin's Woodland: 0.5 mi
  • Lauderdale Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • The Lawn: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 53
  • White Sand Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Gervais Lake Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 1.9 mi
  • Deer Pen: 5.3 mi
  • Wabun A: 5.3 mi
  • Wabun B: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 5.4 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Norwegian Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 8.0 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 11.4 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 2.3 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.4 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 6.3 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 6.3 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 6.3 mi
  • Sand Castles: 6.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 6.5 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gibb's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starks MoundESE 120°310 m24.8 mi
Bissel's MoundESE 105°307 m18.0 mi
Norwegian HillNW 310°293.522 m3.5 mi
Coons HillE 93°268 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131831455868727062483320
Precip in0.70.71.63.04.24.64.64.53.32.91.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U OF MN ST Paul, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/588286103

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