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Grants Pass Museum of Art

Grants Pass Museum of Art from directly overhead

Grants Pass Museum of Art is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 287 m. Kerby Peak stands 1,659 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is The Glass Forge Gallery and Studio, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 15 miles off.

About

The story

city in and county seat of Josephine County, Oregon, United States

Dates from 1865.

Wikidata Q143405, matched on coordinates and name (94 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

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Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates42.43947, -123.32916
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Debo Park: 0.1 mi
  • Robert C. Martin Park: 0.4 mi
  • Stansfield Park: 0.4 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rogue River Overlook: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Dollar Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Gilbert Peak: 3.6 mi
  • Pickett Mountain: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Bear post office delivery bear: 0.1 mi
  • Hellgate: 0.5 mi
  • Rogue Pond: 1.4 mi
  • Bear Hotel: 1.8 mi
  • Fort Vanoy Farm Stand: 4.9 mi
Historic sites: 17
  • Reinhart Volunteer Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Rotary International Sundial: 1.3 mi
  • Reinhart Volunteer All Sports Park Entrance: 1.3 mi
  • Car: 2.6 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 14
  • The Glass Forge Gallery and Studio: 0.1 mi
  • Swinging Child Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Old Man Miner Statue: 1.3 mi
  • Grants Pass Caveman: 1.6 mi
  • Community: 3.8 mi
Museums: 11
Nature reserves: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 5
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • E: 22.6 mi
  • Sixmile Recreation Site: 22.8 mi
  • Store Gulch Picnic Site: 23.7 mi
  • Iron Ring Picnic Site: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Friends & Family Trellis: 1.3 mi
  • Union Park Community Garden: 24.1 mi
  • Lotus Imports: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • Aching Spring: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Grants Pass Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kerby PeakSSW 204°1,659 m16.6 mi
Mungers ButteSSW 191°1,578 m13.1 mi
Holcomb PeakSSW 193°1,566 m17.7 mi
Morgans BuckhornSSW 192°1,477 m14.0 mi
Roundtop MountainSSW 206°1,444 m10.4 mi
Murphy MountainSSW 198°1,377 m12.9 mi
Onion MountainW 274°1,353 m14.7 mi
Elk MountainNNE 31°1,341 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4919:26
June solstice05:3720:1220:55
September equinox07:0118:3519:12
December solstice07:4015:5916:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424548536066737366564640
Precip in5.14.03.62.31.40.70.40.30.62.14.46.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grants Pass, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2589384811

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