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Logging Museum

Logging Museum, a museum in Oregon
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Logging Museum is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Table Rock stands 1,160 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Earthworm Acres, a garden 0.1 miles away. Charleston to Bandon passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

The Coos County Logging Museum is museum in located in Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States. The museum's focus is the historical forest products industry, particularly logging specific to the local area of Coos County which is situated among vast forest preserves. The museum, a non-profit educational institution, is staffed entirely by volunteers, many of whom hail from the logging camps themselves. The museum building is a shingled dome modeled after the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5168068, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

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Coordinates43.06423, -124.13994

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rotary Park: 0.2 mi
  • Myrtle Point Skate Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bryant Park: 0.4 mi
  • Myrtle Point Fairgrounds: 0.5 mi
  • Myrtle Point Baseball: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Cribbins Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Schneider Butte: 3.7 mi
  • Robbins Butte: 4.4 mi
  • Shuck Mountain: 4.5 mi
Gardens: 10
  • Earthworm Acres: 0.1 mi
  • Earthworm Acres: 0.1 mi
  • Student Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Student Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 0.4 mi
Beaches: 9
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 8
Attractions: 7
Historic sites: 3
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Bunkers: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Big Tree: 19.0 mi
  • China F;at: 20.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Coquille River Falls: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Logging Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table RockSE 145°1,160.069 m20.7 mi
Ketchin ButteSE 127°1,134.466 m20.4 mi
Gobblers KnobSSE 150°1,133.856 m19.7 mi
Bone MountainSE 124°1,112.825 m18.0 mi
Bray MountainS 181°1,010.717 m20.8 mi
Kenyon MountainESE 103°1,006 m18.8 mi
Salmon MountainS 184°966.216 m20.3 mi
Johnson MountainS 174°932.383 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5219:29
June solstice05:3820:1721:00
September equinox07:0518:3819:16
December solstice07:4615:5916:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464748515558626360554945
Precip in8.76.67.15.02.71.40.30.41.33.77.710.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coquille City, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/490455202

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