Kalamazoo Valley Museum
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Kalamazoo Valley Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 237 m. Baird Hill stands 294 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Oranges, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Kalamazoo Valley Museum is a "hands-on" museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The museum is largely aimed at families, and focuses on science, technology, and history. The museum is operated by Kalamazoo Valley Community College, and admission to the facility is free. The museum's collection dates to an 1881 gift to the Kalamazoo School Board of corals, shells, and rocks from Horace M. Peck, a local banker. In its early years, the museum acquired natural history specimens, ethnographic materials, and antiquities. Currently, the collection includes over 50,000 items. The museum has a state-of-the-art, 109-seat planetarium that screens a variety of presentations and programs for school groups and other public audiences.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1881.
Wikidata Q6350425, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Arcadia Playground: 0.1 mi
- Children's Nature Playscape: 0.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Bronson Park: 0.2 mi
- Farrel Park: 0.4 mi
- West Douglas Neighborhood Park: 1.4 mi
- Bow in the Clouds Preserve: 3.0 mi
- KEKA Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Fred McLinden Nature Trails: 5.6 mi
- Schellenberg Woods: 6.2 mi
- Kalamazoo Mall: 0.2 mi
- South Street: 0.3 mi
- Nature's Playground: 4.9 mi
- Celery Flats Interpretive Center: 5.7 mi
- Year Round Golf: 11.5 mi
- Oranges: 0.1 mi
- Untitled: 1.0 mi
- Giraffa Camelopardalis: 1.6 mi
- Western Michigan University Seal: 1.6 mi
- The Professor: 1.8 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- Air Zoo: 4.7 mi
- Flight Innovation Center: 4.7 mi
- Vicksburg Historical Society: 12.0 mi
- Overlook Museum: 12.3 mi
- Burdick Street: 0.1 mi
- Art Deco: 0.1 mi
- The Upjohn Company: 0.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.2 mi
- Rose Park Veteran's Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Bell's Beer Garden: 0.3 mi
- God's Garden: 8.7 mi
- Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- People's Plot: 25.0 mi
- People's Plot: 25.0 mi
- The Hogback: 15.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 16.9 mi
- Baird Hill: 21.4 mi
- Graves Hill: 23.3 mi
- Alamo Rest Area 709: 5.7 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 7.4 mi
- Battle Creek Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Willard Beach: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kalamazoo Valley Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baird Hill | NNE 13° | 294 m | 21.4 mi |
| The Hogback | NE 37° | 282 m | 15.9 mi |
| Graves Hill | NNE 13° | 280 m | 23.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WSW 248° | 244 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:41 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:28 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kalamazoo Battle Creek Intl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/261571073
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