Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum
Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,358 m. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sierra County Historical Society
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sierra Buttes: 2.0 mi
- Keystone Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Deadman Peak: 4.8 mi
- Pinoli Peak: 5.9 mi
- Schroeder Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Rediscovery Dome Left: 8.9 mi
- Rediscovery Dome Right: 8.9 mi
- Boy Scout Wall: 9.0 mi
- Booth Point: 9.5 mi
- Windy Point Cliffs: 10.2 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park: 0.0 mi
- Sierra City Community Park: 0.7 mi
- Sierra City Community Center: 0.9 mi
- Lake Basin Recreation Area: 9.1 mi
- Calpine Park: 11.7 mi
- Loganville Scenic Highway Center Picnic Site: 2.1 mi
- Sand Pond Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- Pass Creek Day Use Site: 6.4 mi
- Pass Creek Day Use Site: 6.6 mi
- Woodcamp Day Use Site: 7.0 mi
- Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 2.0 mi
- Downie Chapter 1249: 11.0 mi
- Mammoth Mill: 13.6 mi
- Jolly Boys Mine: 15.8 mi
- Switchback spring: 1.1 mi
- Upper Derbec Spring: 18.4 mi
- Derbec Spring: 18.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 19.0 mi
- Holden Spring: 21.2 mi
- Downieville Museum: 11.0 mi
- Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum: 13.3 mi
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum: 17.8 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 20.7 mi
- Milton Gottardi Museum Historic Catholic Church: 21.3 mi
- Loves Falls: 0.9 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 1.0 mi
- Frazier Falls: 9.3 mi
- Fern Falls: 10.0 mi
- Weber Falls: 13.7 mi
- Webber Lake: 12.5 mi
- Missouri Bar: 21.0 mi
- China Wall: 24.0 mi
- Illinois Bar: 24.7 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- L.T.Davis Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 24.2 mi
- Coppins Meadow: 12.1 mi
- Johnson Canyon: 23.4 mi
- Black Wall: 23.8 mi
- Forest: 13.5 mi
- Jamison: 14.4 mi
- North Bloomfield: 20.4 mi
- Campbell Hot Springs: 14.5 mi
- Marble Hot Springs: 18.8 mi
- Marble Hot Springs: 18.9 mi
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Buttes | NW 318° | 2,617 m | 2.0 mi |
| English Mountain | SSE 157° | 2,552 m | 9.5 mi |
| Haskell Peak | NNE 31° | 2,453 m | 7.2 mi |
| Black Buttes | SSE 164° | 2,447 m | 12.7 mi |
| Black Buttes | SSE 162° | 2,407 m | 12.4 mi |
| Meadow Lake Hill | SE 145° | 2,382 m | 13.2 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | SSE 159° | 2,362 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mount Elwell | NNW 339° | 2,361 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
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 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bowman DAM, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1401619345
Day trips start here
- Sierra County · 7 mi
- Loyalton · 21 mi
- Truckee · 28 mi
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