Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center
Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Stony Hill stands 68 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Louis Armstrong, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Alabama's Coastal Connection passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
The Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center (now known simply as Exploreum Science Center) is a non-profit science center that promotes science learning through a variety of activities, including exhibits, Digital Dome movies, demonstrations, workshops and teacher professional development. Located in downtown Mobile, Alabama, Exploreum has several permanent galleries including Hands On Hall, the Wharf of Wonder, and Curiosity Factory. The Exploreum also features interactive traveling exhibits, year-round with broad science content and supplementary, themed educational programming.
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Dates from 1983.
Wikidata Q5617425, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Alabama's Coastal Connection, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mardi Gras Park: 0.1 mi
- Cooper Riverside Park: 0.1 mi
- Bienville Square: 0.2 mi
- Cathedral Square: 0.3 mi
- Spanish Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction: 0.9 mi
- Grumman HU-16E Albatross: 1.4 mi
- Bell UH-1: 1.4 mi
- McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II: 1.4 mi
- Piasecki H-21: 1.4 mi
- Fort Conde: 0.1 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Monument: 0.1 mi
- Battle of Mobile Bay: 0.2 mi
- Coast Guard: 1.4 mi
- Air Force: 1.4 mi
- Condé-Charlotte Museum House: 0.1 mi
- National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico: 0.2 mi
- Phoenix Fire Museum: 0.3 mi
- Mobile Carnival Museum: 0.4 mi
- Richards DAR House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Twentyone Mile Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Twenty Four Mile Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Twentyseven Mile Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Thirty One Mile Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Louis Armstrong: 0.1 mi
- Queen: 0.1 mi
- Joe Cain: 0.1 mi
- Portal: 0.1 mi
- Holy Cross: 0.2 mi
- Cornerstone Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Central Presbyterian Church Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Canterbury Place Garden: 11.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.0 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 7.1 mi
- Tensaw Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Bayfront Park: 23.5 mi
- Blakeley: 7.7 mi
- Beaver Mills: 22.5 mi
- Stony Hill: 12.1 mi
- Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NE 53° | 68 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:23 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 16:19 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 71 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mobile Dwtn AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/355557938
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