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Hesston Steam Museum

Hesston Steam Museum from directly overhead

Hesston Steam Museum is a museum in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Keep, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 7.1 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Laporte County Historical Steam Society

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.75432, -86.68100
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Watkins Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
  • New Buffalo Marina Park: 4.5 mi
  • New Buffalo City Park: 4.6 mi
  • New Buffalo City Park: 4.7 mi
  • Carver Park: 4.8 mi
Peaks: 40
Attractions: 34
  • Notre Dame Elementary School: 8.0 mi
  • Lake Clare: 8.9 mi
  • Friendship Botanic Gardens: 9.9 mi
  • MTB Skills Area: 10.7 mi
  • Blue Chip Hotel: 11.1 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • Civil War Monument: 11.0 mi
  • Greenwood Memorial Chapel: 11.0 mi
  • WW2 Monument "Victory Was Ours": 11.1 mi
  • Warren Nelson Plaque: 11.2 mi
  • Rotary Centennial Monument: 11.5 mi
Museums: 28
Artworks: 26
  • La Porte History Mural: 10.1 mi
  • Potawatomi Warrior: 10.1 mi
  • Duet: 11.4 mi
  • The Globe: 21.7 mi
  • Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 19
  • New Buffalo Public Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Stone Lake Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Stop 7 Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Stop 2 Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Washington Park Beach: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 18
Picnic sites: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 3.2 mi
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 5.9 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillESE 122°280.4 m11.3 mi
Vargo HillSE 127°270 m21.9 mi
Reeves HillSE 127°264 m21.2 mi
Mount EdwardNNE 22°242 m13.4 mi
Mount RandallNNE 23°235 m11.6 mi
Tower HillNNE 22°233 m11.2 mi
Pikes PeakNNE 21°229 m11.1 mi
Mount FullerNNE 20°227 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2219:59
June solstice06:1320:4321:26
September equinox07:3519:0919:46
December solstice08:1116:3517:20

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837496069737265534030
Precip in3.02.52.73.84.34.44.04.23.44.13.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laporte, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1113174004

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