Jerome County Historical Museum
Jerome County Historical Museum is a museum in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 1,145 m. Berger Butte stands 1,430 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Heritage Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
city in and county seat of Jerome County, Idaho, United States
Dates from 1907.
Wikidata Q1518127, matched on coordinates and name (111 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1145 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
- 15.6 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shoshone Falls Observation Deck · 11 mi
- Hansen Bridge Lookout · 16 mi
- viewpoint 1 · 20 mi
- viewpoint 2 · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Centennial Heritage Park: 0.2 mi
- Gayle Forsyth Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Candlelight Park: 0.9 mi
- Camozzi Park: 1.0 mi
- Becker Park: 1.3 mi
- Flat Top Butte: 5.2 mi
- Notch Butte: 12.1 mi
- Wilson Butte: 16.0 mi
- Skeleton Butte: 17.4 mi
- Gooding Butte: 17.5 mi
- IB Perrine Monument: 9.3 mi
- Evel Knievel Monument: 9.4 mi
- Twins Statue: 9.4 mi
- CSI Tower: 10.2 mi
- Honor Roll: 14.0 mi
- Auger Falls: 6.5 mi
- Perrine Coulee Falls: 9.2 mi
- Pillar Falls: 9.8 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 10.7 mi
- Devils Washboard Falls: 13.9 mi
- Jerome County Fairgrounds: 0.5 mi
- Evel Knievel Jump Site: 10.1 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 10.9 mi
- Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 15.5 mi
- Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860: 22.2 mi
- Herrett Museum: 10.1 mi
- Twin Falls County Museum: 11.3 mi
- Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center: 20.2 mi
- Richard Arthur Olsen Museum of Natural History: 24.4 mi
- Shoshone Bird Museum of Natural History: 24.4 mi
- Shoshone Falls: 10.8 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 10.2 mi
- Ritter Island: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jerome County Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berger Butte | SSW 195° | 1,430 m | 21.4 mi |
| Dietrich Butte | NE 45° | 1,412 m | 21.6 mi |
| Hub Butte | S 175° | 1,404 m | 20.4 mi |
| Hazelton Butte | ESE 118° | 1,342 m | 24.4 mi |
| Skeleton Butte | ESE 124° | 1,340 m | 17.4 mi |
| Wilson Butte | ENE 75° | 1,334 m | 16.0 mi |
| Notch Butte | NNE 25° | 1,321 m | 12.1 mi |
| Brown Butte | NE 39° | 1,308 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:37 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:22 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 73 | 63 | 51 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jerome, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/366079431
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