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Heritage Museum

Heritage Museum from directly overhead

Heritage Museum is a museum in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 648 m. Snowshoe Peak stands 2,663 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Libby Fishing Pond, a park 0.3 miles away. Lake Koocanusa Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Libby Heritage Museum
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates48.37217, -115.54327

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Swede Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Flower Point: 4.0 mi
  • Shaughnessy Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Samater Mountain: 4.7 mi
Parks: 13
  • Libby Fishing Pond: 0.3 mi
  • Cabinet Mountain RC Raceway: 0.4 mi
  • Millpond Motocross Park: 0.4 mi
  • Skateboard Park: 1.0 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 1.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Leigh Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Kootenai Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Yaak Falls: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Osprey Landing Boat Launch: 5.3 mi
  • Troy Rest Area: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
  • City of Eagles: 1.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Lincoln County Veteran's Memorial: 1.8 mi
Attractions: 1
Museums: 1
  • Troy Museum: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowshoe PeakSSW 213°2,663.3 m12.3 mi
A PeakSW 218°2,625 m11.7 mi
Bockman PeakSSW 211°2,491.4 m10.9 mi
Treasure MountainWSW 237°2,338 m7.1 mi
Mount SnowySW 217°2,321 m8.4 mi
Big Loaf MountainSSW 209°2,311 m10.1 mi
Dome MountainW 266°2,290 m9.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWSW 252°2,283 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1419:55
June solstice05:4220:5921:48
September equinox07:3019:0119:42
December solstice08:3215:5616:50

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937455461686656443326

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Libby, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/908555068

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