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History Museum of East Otter Tail County

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History Museum of East Otter Tail County is a museum in Minnesota, at a recorded elevation of 417 m. Black Peak stands 519 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is City Hall (Turtle Race) Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Otter Trail Scenic Byway runs past it. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
417 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.59560, -95.57064

Overlooks nearby

132 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
  • City Hall (Turtle Race) Park: 0.1 mi
  • City Park: 0.2 mi
  • Fair Grounds: 0.5 mi
  • Krauss Park: 0.6 mi
  • Country Pines Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 8
Peaks: 7
  • Blueberry Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Winslow: 13.4 mi
  • Detroit Mountain: 18.3 mi
  • Toad Mountain: 19.2 mi
  • Pelican: 20.6 mi
Museums: 5
Rest areas: 5
Historic sites: 5
  • Continental Divide Monument: 10.6 mi
  • Height of Land: 17.4 mi
  • Detroit Lakes Industrial Park: 19.6 mi
  • Captain Black's Cabin: 20.1 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 20.2 mi
Attractions: 2
  • 1: 20.2 mi
  • 2: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Blacks Grove: 20.2 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black PeakSSE 163°519 m23.8 mi
EddyWSW 248°506 m20.6 mi
Detroit MountainNNW 327°495 m18.3 mi
WinslowNW 306°474 m13.4 mi
PelicanWNW 288°469 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5519:35
June solstice05:3020:3321:20
September equinox07:1018:4219:22
December solstice08:0415:4716:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F81225405364696658432815
Precip in0.40.60.92.03.34.54.93.12.92.50.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW York Mills, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1194336435

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