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Gilmore Car Museum

Gilmore Car Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 293 m. Baird Hill stands 294 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairieville Township Park, a park 1.0 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

The Gilmore Car Museum is an automobile museum located in Hickory Corners, Michigan, United States. The museum exhibits over 400 vintage and collector vehicles and motorcycles from all eras in several buildings located on a 90-acre (36.4 ha) campus. The museum claims to be the largest automobile museum in North America. It is part of the MotorCities National Heritage Area.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1966.

Wikidata Q5562522, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.43885, -85.41898

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Prairieville Township Park: 1.0 mi
  • Cadwallader Park: 1.9 mi
  • Barry Townhip Park: 4.3 mi
  • Crooked Lake Public Access: 4.4 mi
  • Richland Park: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 47
  • The Pines: 8.6 mi
  • 2nd St.: 8.8 mi
  • 3rd St.: 8.9 mi
  • 1st St.: 8.9 mi
  • Harmonia: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Orangeville Veterans' Memorial: 8.8 mi
  • Plainwell Veteran's Memorial: 11.2 mi
  • Rose Park Veteran's Memorial: 12.7 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 13.0 mi
  • Art Deco: 13.2 mi
Museums: 14
Artworks: 14
Rest areas: 4
  • Galesburg Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • Alamo Rest Area 709: 13.5 mi
  • Battle Creek Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • Turkeyville Rest Area 722: 23.1 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Bell's Beer Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Middleville Community Gardens: 19.1 mi
  • God's Garden: 20.8 mi
Peaks: 3
  • The Hogback: 2.9 mi
  • Baird Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Graves Hill: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Willard Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Fishing Beach: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baird HillNNW 343°294 m11.3 mi
The HogbackNNE 24°282 m2.9 mi
Graves HillNNW 346°280 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1719:54
June solstice06:0520:4021:23
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:0916:2717:12

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252838496170737264534131
Precip in3.01.92.33.63.93.93.84.23.54.02.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gull Lake Biological STN, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/112609766

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