Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 411 m. Rib Mountain stands 586 m to the southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Margaret Woodson Fisher Sculpture Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum is located in Wausau, Wisconsin. It is best known for its annual Birds in Art exhibition, which exhibits contemporary artistic representations of birds. The annual exhibition has been held beginning the week after Labor Day since the museum's founding in 1976. The museum stands on a 4-acre (16,000 m2) estate in a 1931 Tudor Revival-style house previously owned by Alice Woodson Forester (1918–1994) and John E. Forester (1913–2008). The Foresters donated their home in 1973 and the museum opened in September 1976.
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Dates from 1976.
Wikidata Q6519707, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Stewart Park: 0.2 mi
- Tenth Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Andrew Warren Historic District: 0.5 mi
- Kaiser Park: 0.5 mi
- City Hall Park: 0.6 mi
- Rib Mountain State Park: 4.5 mi
- Marathon County Forest-Nine Mile Unit: 8.3 mi
- Twin Oaks Environmental Center: 10.0 mi
- Marathon County Forest-Ringle Marsh Unit: 10.4 mi
- Marathon County Forest- Kronenwetter Unit: 11.8 mi
- Woodson History Center: 0.6 mi
- Yawkey House Museum: 0.6 mi
- Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.7 mi
- From Laos to America: 0.8 mi
- Children's Imaginarium: 0.8 mi
- Rib Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Mosinee Hill: 5.5 mi
- Hardwood Hill: 8.9 mi
- Snow Hill: 16.0 mi
- Blackberry Hill: 18.4 mi
- Hmong-Lao Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Peace Pole: 0.9 mi
- Warren Mill - Now WPS: 15.4 mi
- 45x90: 19.1 mi
- Margaret Woodson Fisher Sculpture Garden: 0.0 mi
- Monk Botanical Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Wausau Wings ii: 0.7 mi
- Stettin: 9.5 mi
- Pine Dells: 12.4 mi
- Park Road Beach: 20.2 mi
- M60A3: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rib Mountain | SW 234° | 586 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mosinee Hill | SSW 199° | 484 m | 5.5 mi |
| Ninemile Hill | NNW 337° | 454 m | 21.5 mi |
| Snow Hill | NNW 330° | 452 m | 16.0 mi |
| Blackberry Hill | SSE 164° | 408 m | 18.4 mi |
| Maple Hill | SW 216° | 368 m | 19.2 mi |
| Haumschild Hill | SSW 208° | 354 m | 22.2 mi |
| Smoky Hill | SW 221° | 351 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:04 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 19 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 67 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wausau Asos, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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