Last Chance Mining Museum
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Last Chance Mining Museum is a museum in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. The Dukes stands 1,953 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ebner Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 7.5 miles off.
The story
The Jualpa Mining Camp, also known as the Last Chance Basin Camp, is a former gold mining camp, just outside the city of Juneau, Alaska. Its main building is now operated as the Last Chance Mining Museum by the Gastineau Channel Historical Society. The camp was located on the southern banks of Gold Creek, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Juneau, near what is now the end of Basin Road. The camp was the site of one of the largest gold finds in the Juneau mining district. It was established between 1910 and 1913 by the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company and operated until 1944, producing more than $80 million worth of gold. The largest surviving structure of the camp is its air compressor building, which was 84 feet (26 m) long, and still houses the compressor used by the company. Also surviving are a variety of railroad-related resources, which the company used to bring or to its mill on the Gastineau Channel, an electrical transformer house, powder magazine, and cable hoist. The camp, with a total of 21 contributing buildings and structures, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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What to expect
- Seasonal
- Yes
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Alaska's Marine Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Maria: 0.9 mi
- Mount Juneau: 1.3 mi
- Gastineau Peak: 1.7 mi
- Roberts Peak: 2.5 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Food Park: 0.8 mi
- Cathedral Park: 0.9 mi
- Marine Park: 0.9 mi
- Bishop Michael H. Kenny Memorial Peace Park: 0.9 mi
- Capital School Park: 1.0 mi
- Commercial Fishermen's Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Sealaska Cultural Values Pole: 0.9 mi
- Eagle Pole: 0.9 mi
- USS Juneau Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Liberty Bell Reproduction: 1.0 mi
- Hard Rock Miners statue: 0.9 mi
- Before I Die ...: 0.9 mi
- Windfall Fisherman: 1.0 mi
- William H. Seward: 1.0 mi
- Nimbus: 1.2 mi
- Goldbelt Tram: 0.9 mi
- Governor's house: 1.1 mi
- Overlook: 8.5 mi
- Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center: 9.7 mi
- outer point: 11.0 mi
- Sealaska Heritage Institute: 0.9 mi
- Wickersham State Historical Site: 1.0 mi
- Juneau-Douglas City Museum: 1.0 mi
- Alaska State Museum: 1.2 mi
- Ebner Falls: 0.5 mi
- AJ Falls: 9.7 mi
- Nugget Falls: 10.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 2.4 mi
- Lena Beach: 14.6 mi
- Juneau Arboretum: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Last Chance Mining Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dukes | N 1° | 1,953 m | 18.6 mi |
| Princess Peak | N 1° | 1,946 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Wrather | NNW 344° | 1,783 m | 13.3 mi |
| Spencer Peak | N 354° | 1,746 m | 12.7 mi |
| Split Thumb | NNE 21° | 1,716 m | 7.4 mi |
| Nugget Mountain | N 7° | 1,695 m | 8.5 mi |
| North Nugget Spire | N 7° | 1,671 m | 8.8 mi |
| Amherst Peak | N 1° | 1,665 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:19 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 03:52 | 20:56 | 22:08 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:07 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 13:29 | 15:08 |
Local time (America/Juneau).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 51 | 44 | 36 | 33 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 8.8 | 9.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Juneau Dwtn, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Juneau · 1 mi
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