Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts
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Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Gleason Hill stands 699 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Meeker Mansion, a attraction 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 507 VIC ROY WYE passes 10 miles off.
The story
The Karshner Museum, also known as Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum and the Karshner Museum Center for Culture & Arts, is a natural history museum located at 309 4th Street NE, Puyallup, Washington. It is one of the only museums owned by a local school district.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1930.
Wikidata Q6373411, matched on coordinates and name (66 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Puyallup School District
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 507 VIC ROY WYE
- 10.2 mi off the JCT SR 706 VIC ELBE TO JCT SR 507 VIC SPANAWAY
- 11.5 mi off the JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE
- 13.1 mi off the POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH
Overlooks nearby
- North Viewing Deck · 26 mi
- South Viewing Deck · 26 mi
- Overlook · 27 mi
- Dam Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Meeker Mansion: 0.2 mi
- Merry-Go-Round: 0.7 mi
- Extreme Scream: 0.8 mi
- Piglet Palace: 1.1 mi
- Wool Riders Only: 1.1 mi
- Grayland Park: 0.2 mi
- Veterans Park: 0.3 mi
- Pioneer Park: 0.4 mi
- Montgomery Park: 0.6 mi
- Sam Peach Park: 1.3 mi
- Rise: 0.3 mi
- She Was Tall, He Was Short, They Were In Love: 0.3 mi
- Nature's Medley: 0.3 mi
- Renovation: 0.4 mi
- Earthsound: 0.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Peace Pole: 1.5 mi
- Peace Pole: 1.5 mi
- Peace Pole: 1.5 mi
- LESTER AND MARGUERITE KING: 1.6 mi
- Planting Patch - Meet Big Washington: 1.0 mi
- Brown Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Children's Garden: 1.7 mi
- Step By Step Storybook Garden: 2.0 mi
- Edgewood Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Silver Creek Riparian Zone: 1.2 mi
- Crawford Woods: 3.8 mi
- Place of Circling Waters: 5.5 mi
- David E. Hill Wetland Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Hylebos Wetlands: 5.9 mi
- Indian Hill: 9.6 mi
- Porter Hills: 11.1 mi
- Westcott Hills: 11.6 mi
- McCall Hill: 12.2 mi
- Spar Pole Hill: 12.2 mi
- Fair Museum: 0.9 mi
- Fife History Museum: 4.1 mi
- LeMay - America's Car Museum: 7.3 mi
- Museum of Glass: 7.7 mi
- Museum of Glass: 7.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Kiwanis Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Main Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Picnic Site #4: 9.0 mi
- Picnic Site #3: 9.0 mi
- Sex Cove: 5.1 mi
- North Beach: 9.1 mi
- South Beach: 9.2 mi
- Dash Point State Park Beach: 10.5 mi
- Titlow Beach: 13.0 mi
- Victor Falls: 5.7 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 21.7 mi
- Nisqually Falls: 21.7 mi
- Little Mashel Lower Falls: 23.8 mi
- Little Mashel Middle Falls: 23.8 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 10.6 mi
- Oil House: 10.6 mi
- Boat House: 10.6 mi
- Generator Building: 10.6 mi
- Browns Point Lighthouse: 10.6 mi
- Ambassador Climbing Rock: 13.7 mi
- Fourth Infantry Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Thirtieth Infantry Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Sixth Engineer Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Tenth Field Artillery Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Maplewood Spring: 1.9 mi
- Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 8.9 mi
- Garrison Springs: 13.2 mi
- Ellison Spring: 16.8 mi
- Clear Creek Springs: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Karshner Museum and Center for Culture & Arts. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gleason Hill | SE 131° | 699 m | 16.7 mi |
| Brooks Hill | SE 137° | 600 m | 14.2 mi |
| Wingate Hill | SE 133° | 588 m | 15.5 mi |
| Spar Pole Hill | SE 146° | 581 m | 12.2 mi |
| Pinnacle Peak | E 95° | 536 m | 14.9 mi |
| Baldy Hill | E 92° | 506 m | 15.9 mi |
| Long Hill | E 100° | 456 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mud Mountain | E 101° | 395 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:42 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:22 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:30 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 54 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 59 | 50 | 43 | 39 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 7.1 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcmillin Rsvr, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1216688948
Day trips start here
- Puyallup · 1 mi
- Fife · 4 mi
- South Sound · 5 mi
- Auburn · 8 mi
- Federal Way · 9 mi
- Tacoma · 9 mi
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