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Lightner Museum, a museum in Florida
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Lightner Museum, a museum in Florida
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Lightner Museum, a museum in Florida
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Lightner Museum, a museum in Florida
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Lightner Museum, a museum in Florida
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Lightner Museum, a museum in Florida
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Lightner Museum is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Squirrel Hill stands 9 m to the west-southwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Ghost Tours of Saint Augustine, a attraction 0.1 miles away. A1A HISTORIC BYWAY runs past it.

About

The story

The Lightner Museum is a museum of antiques, mostly American Gilded Age pieces, housed within the historic Hotel Alcazar building in downtown St. Augustine. This 1887 Spanish Renaissance Revival style building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6546396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates29.89064, -81.31370

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Government House Yard: 0.1 mi
  • Cofradia Site: 0.2 mi
  • Plaza de la Constitución: 0.2 mi
  • Ponce de León Circle: 0.2 mi
  • Anderson Circle: 0.2 mi
Museums: 32
Attractions: 27
  • Ghost Tours of Saint Augustine: 0.1 mi
  • Ancient City Tours: 0.2 mi
  • Black Raven Pirate Ship: 0.2 mi
  • Whetstone Chocolates Tasting Tour: 0.4 mi
  • A Ghostly Encounter Walking Ghost Tours: 0.5 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Andrew Young Crossing: 0.1 mi
  • Monumento de la Constitucion: 0.2 mi
  • Civil Rights Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Juan Ponce de León Monument: 0.2 mi
  • Dade Monument: 0.4 mi
Artworks: 18
  • Henry M. Flagler: 0.1 mi
  • Sons of Saint Augustine: 0.1 mi
  • Lion: 0.2 mi
  • Lion: 0.3 mi
  • Fuente De Los Canos De San Francisco: 0.5 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Lincolnville Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Common Area: 17.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Loop's Nursery & Greenhouses: 19.3 mi
  • Sea Turtle Maze: 23.4 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Beaches: 5
  • Anastasia State Park: 1.6 mi
  • Vilano Point: 1.8 mi
  • Anastasia State Park: 2.3 mi
  • Mickler's Landing: 18.9 mi
  • Shee Beach: 20.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Crescent Beach Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Shands Bridge Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Green Cove Spring: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Squirrel Hill: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Squirrel HillWSW 237°9 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0619:37
June solstice06:2619:5520:30
September equinox07:1418:5219:23
December solstice07:1816:5517:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F586065707680828280746660
Precip in2.72.73.42.93.76.34.97.27.24.42.33.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Augustine Lighthouse, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3414396690

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