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Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum

Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum from directly overhead

Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Pikes Peak stands 403 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Jay Cooke Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. North Shore Scenic Drive runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Minnesota branch of the Karpeles Museum

Dates from 1983.

Wikidata Q6373296, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
195 m

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.79620, -92.08755

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jay Cooke Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Leif Erikson Park: 0.2 mi
  • Fitgers Courtyard and Rest Area: 0.3 mi
  • Portland Square: 0.3 mi
  • Lakewalk: 0.4 mi
Attractions: 21
Historic sites: 20
Artworks: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Lower Amnicon Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Now and Then Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Snake Pit Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Upper Amnicon Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Big Manitou Falls: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 5
Peaks: 5
  • Moose Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Bardon Peak: 10.2 mi
  • Elys Peak: 11.2 mi
  • Oldenburg Point: 16.0 mi
  • Pikes Peak: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Knife River Beach: 17.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakSSE 163°403 m23.9 mi
Moose MountainNE 45°350 m6.7 mi
Oldenburg PointSW 230°292 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1520:2021:07
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5115:3216:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131727384858666759453220

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Duluth Harbor STN, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367068092

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