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Herrett Museum

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Herrett Museum is a museum in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 1,114 m. Grand View Peak stands 2,197 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1114 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.58440, -114.47035

117 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
  • Frontier Field: 0.4 mi
  • Tom Courtney Conservation Park: 0.5 mi
  • Harrison Park: 1.1 mi
  • Centennial Waterfront Park: 1.2 mi
  • Cascade Park: 1.3 mi
Springs: 18
  • Sugarloaf Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Nat Soo Pah Hot Springs: 16.6 mi
  • Hoops Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Moonshine Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Huja Patezopai’I: 18.7 mi
Peaks: 17
Historic sites: 10
  • CSI Tower: 0.3 mi
  • Evel Knievel Monument: 1.3 mi
  • IB Perrine Monument: 1.3 mi
  • Twins Statue: 1.3 mi
  • Honor Roll: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Evel Knievel Jump Site: 2.6 mi
  • Shoshone Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Jerome County Fairgrounds: 10.2 mi
  • Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Ritter Island: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grand View PeakSSE 159°2,197 m24.4 mi
Wooden Shoe ButteSSE 156°2,066 m23.5 mi
SugarloafSSE 161°1,748 m16.7 mi
Berger ButteSW 217°1,430 m13.6 mi
Milner ButteESE 111°1,409 m24.6 mi
Hub ButteS 183°1,404 m10.6 mi
Hazelton ButteE 95°1,342 m19.2 mi
Skeleton ButteE 90°1,340 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0120:3721:20
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0516:2217:08

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313544495966757364523931
Precip in1.00.80.91.01.20.70.20.30.30.70.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Falls-kmvt, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366079430

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