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Heritage Village Museum

Heritage Village Museum from directly overhead

Heritage Village Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a recorded elevation of 396 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is City Park, a park 0.7 miles away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
396 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.93473, -94.91900
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 40
  • City Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lawcon Park: 1.2 mi
  • Mountain County Park: 1.8 mi
  • Public Water Access: 4.5 mi
  • Obie Knutson Park: 9.5 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Mountain Island: 1.7 mi
  • Watonwan County Highest Point: 6.8 mi
  • Jeffers Petroglyphs: 12.8 mi
  • 395: 13.1 mi
  • String Lakes Peak: 13.4 mi
Museums: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Watonwan Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 20.9 mi
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 15.9 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Welcome To Sherburn: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottonwood County Highest PointWNW 291°479 m15.9 mi
String Lakes PeakWSW 252°473 m13.4 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointWNW 296°463 m19.8 mi
Mountain IslandSE 125°397.7 m1.7 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointSSE 151°396.3 m6.8 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsNNW 329°391 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5419:32
June solstice05:3820:2221:07
September equinox07:0818:4119:19
December solstice07:5215:5816:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133475970747164503522
Precip in0.90.81.83.24.54.73.93.73.22.51.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Windom, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367068289

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