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Kempf House Museum

Kempf House Museum, a museum in Michigan
Kempf House Museum, a museum in MichiganDwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0
Kempf House Museum, a museum in Michigan
Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0
Kempf House Museum, a museum in Michigan
Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0
Kempf House Museum, a museum in Michigan
Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0
Kempf House Museum, a museum in Michigan
Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0
Kempf House Museum, a museum in Michigan
Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0

Kempf House Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 29 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Kempf House Museum, also known as the Henry Bennett House or the Reuben Kempf House, is a museum located at 312 South Division Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was originally built as a single-family home in 1853. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q55316808, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1853
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.27899, -83.74438
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Liberty Plaza: 0.0 mi
  • Hanover Square: 0.3 mi
  • Sculpture Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Ingalls Mall: 0.3 mi
  • The Diag: 0.3 mi
Attractions
  • Nickels Arcade: 0.2 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 0.9 mi
  • Northwest Tower (Ross): 0.9 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 1.0 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 1.0 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 45
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.4 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 34
Museums: 32
Peaks: 17
Beaches: 9
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Maple Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 5.3 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 24.1 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)N 350°405 m18.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)N 350°399 m18.3 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 18°351 m24.7 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 286°344 m17.9 mi
Sackrider HillW 274°338 m23.8 mi
Big KameWNW 290°328 m18.7 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 283°327 m19.0 mi
Stofer HillWNW 292°321 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:16
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2117:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465868727062513929
Precip in2.82.42.83.33.84.23.93.33.02.92.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor SE, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/453625329

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