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Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center

Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, a museum in Minnesota
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, a museum in MinnesotaMcGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, a museum in Minnesota
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, a museum in Minnesota
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, a museum in Minnesota
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, a museum in Minnesota
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, a museum in Minnesota
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Pikes Peak stands 403 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tug Bayfield, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. North Shore Scenic Drive runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center is a museum in Duluth, Minnesota, operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1973-09-29.

Wikidata Q6477890, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.77985, -92.09243

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 21
Historic sites: 20
Museums: 17
Nature reserves: 11
Artworks: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Lower Amnicon Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Snake Pit Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Now and Then Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Upper Amnicon Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Big Manitou Falls: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 5
Peaks: 5
  • Moose Mountain: 7.7 mi
  • Bardon Peak: 9.2 mi
  • Elys Peak: 10.3 mi
  • Oldenburg Point: 15.2 mi
  • Pikes Peak: 22.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Knife River Beach: 18.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakSSE 161°403 m22.9 mi
Moose MountainNE 40°350 m7.7 mi
Oldenburg PointSW 232°292 m15.2 mi
Conditions

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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/167029142

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