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Gold Coast Railroad Museum

Gold Coast Railroad Museum, a museum in Florida
Gold Coast Railroad Museum, a museum in FloridaEbyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gold Coast Railroad Museum, a museum in Florida
Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gold Coast Railroad Museum, a museum in Florida
Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gold Coast Railroad Museum, a museum in Florida
Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gold Coast Railroad Museum, a museum in Florida
Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gold Coast Railroad Museum, a museum in Florida
Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Gold Coast Railroad Museum is a museum in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Medley Landfill stands 81 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Concrete arches, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. FLORIDA KEYS HWY passes 29 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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The story

The Gold Coast Railroad Museum (reporting mark GCOX) is a railroad museum located in Miami, Florida, adjacent to Zoo Miami.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1956.

Wikidata Q1534587, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Gold Coast Railroad Museum
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates25.61729, -80.40094
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Camel: 0.4 mi
  • Meerkat: 0.4 mi
  • Black Neck Stork: 0.4 mi
  • Lion: 0.4 mi
  • Indian Rhinoceros: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Parks
Historic sites: 44
  • Concrete arches: 0.0 mi
  • Door support column: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial of Cypress: 1.1 mi
  • Larry and Penny Dedication Plaque: 1.2 mi
  • Chateau Artisan: 7.2 mi
Museums: 34
Beaches: 11
  • Tahiti Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Hobie Island Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Crandon Park Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Hobie Island Beach Park: 16.5 mi
  • Crandon Beach: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 8
Nature reserves: 7
  • Ned Glenn Nature Reserve: 4.6 mi
  • R Hardy Matheson County Preserve: 8.9 mi
  • Tree Island Preserve: 9.7 mi
  • Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve: 9.9 mi
  • Biscayne Bay-Card Sound Spiny Lobster Sanctuary: 10.1 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Grossman Ridge: 14.2 mi
  • Medley Landfill: 17.0 mi
  • Panther Mound: 22.5 mi
  • Palm Tree Head: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Table: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Table: 1.2 mi
  • Long Pine Key Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Medley LandfillN 11°81 m17.0 mi
Palm Tree HeadNW 307°2 m23.2 mi
Grossman RidgeW 272°1 m14.2 mi
Panther MoundW 262°1 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0319:33
June solstice06:3219:4320:16
September equinox07:1118:4919:19
December solstice07:0417:0217:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F676972757982838482797369
Precip in1.72.02.02.95.28.87.28.38.45.32.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Miami Kendall Tamiami Exec AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/103259183

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