Hastings Museum & Super Screen Theater
Hastings Museum & Super Screen Theater is a museum in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 590 m. Topeka Peak stands 638 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is High land cemetary, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History is located in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. The museum was founded in 1926 and moved to its current location in 1939. The museum exhibits include Kool-Aid, natural history dioramas, local history, weapons, life of pioneers on the Plains, rocks, minerals, fossils, antique vehicles, coins, and a planetarium.
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Dates from 1927.
Wikidata Q28228075, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 590 m
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the Sandhills Journey, National
Named places within 25 miles
- High land cemetary: 0.1 mi
- Highland Park: 0.1 mi
- Highland Park Cemetery: 0.1 mi
- Hastings Utilities Park: 0.2 mi
- American Legion Park: 0.6 mi
- Ayr Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Harvard Waterfowl Production Area: 11.5 mi
- Glenvil Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 12.5 mi
- Cattail State Wildlife Management: 14.6 mi
- Loch Linda State Wildlife Management Area: 14.9 mi
- Martin Brothers Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Martin Brothers Historical Marker: 14.5 mi
- Susan O. Hail Grave: 17.3 mi
- Original Townsite of Wood River Historical Marker: 19.7 mi
- Frager Field: 20.3 mi
- Crosier Asmat Museum: 0.7 mi
- Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum: 5.1 mi
- Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer: 19.4 mi
- Hastings Central Park Fountain: 0.7 mi
- Chatauqua Pavilion: 1.4 mi
- Big Bird House: 6.1 mi
- Rosedale: 8.9 mi
- Spring Ranch: 15.7 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 14.5 mi
- Stolley Gardens: 20.9 mi
- Grand Island Rest Area Eastbound: 15.8 mi
- Grand Island Rest Area Westbound: 16.1 mi
- Topeka Peak: 12.5 mi
- Ermas Desire Sculpture: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hastings Museum & Super Screen Theater. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topeka Peak | NW 304° | 638 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:10 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:27 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:27 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 41 | 51 | 62 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hastings Muni AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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