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Harman House Museum

Harman House Museum from directly overhead

Harman House Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Buffalo Knob stands 305 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasant Hill Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 5.3 miles off. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1996

How to reach it

Coordinates39.44561, -90.87316

Overlooks nearby

116 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 44
  • Jaeger Knob: 5.9 mi
  • Robert Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Wilcoxen Knob: 6.9 mi
  • Page Knob: 7.3 mi
  • Buffalo Knob: 7.8 mi
Parks: 40
  • Pleasant Hill Park: 0.3 mi
  • Observation Deck: 5.3 mi
  • Louisiana Riverfront Park: 9.2 mi
  • Riverview Park: 9.4 mi
  • VFW Park: 9.6 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 5
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Mushroom Farm: 17.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk: 18.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • America's Most Wanted Bird: 19.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Copper Spring: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo KnobSW 221°305 m14.9 mi
Springston KnobSSW 198°280 m14.6 mi
Ben Watts KnobSSW 199°275 m12.2 mi
Tedlock KnobSSW 199°275 m14.9 mi
Long KnobSW 227°267 m8.8 mi
Dale KnobSSW 194°263 m13.9 mi
Tower KnobSSW 204°259 m8.5 mi
Painter KnobS 189°257 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3719:5420:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2116:0116:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283243546474787669574433
Precip in2.01.73.04.04.64.43.93.53.22.93.02.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksville L&D 24, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/591874253

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