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Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum

Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum from directly overhead

Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum is a museum in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Pilot Peak stands 2,647 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Meyring Park South, a park 0.1 miles away. Richardson Highway passes 0.4 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
no; donation
Seasonal
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates61.13393, -146.35475

Overlooks nearby

Around it

59 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 40
  • West Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Mount Hogan: 6.1 mi
  • Mount Shasta: 7.4 mi
  • Mount Francis: 8.1 mi
Parks: 6
  • Meyring Park South: 0.1 mi
  • Meyring Park North: 0.1 mi
  • Ruth Pond Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dock Point: 1.1 mi
  • Goldfields Softball Complex: 5.0 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Valdez, Alaska Arch: 0.4 mi
  • Dock Point Trail: 0.7 mi
  • Dock Point Trail: 0.9 mi
  • Solomon Gulch Hatchery Visitor Self Guided Tour: 3.9 mi
  • Lighthouse with Sea Lion: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Horsetail Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Rudleston Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Bridalveil Falls: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Whispering Giant, by Peter Toth: 0.2 mi
  • Valdez - The All-American Route: 0.4 mi
Museums: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • American Legion Post 2 - Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot PeakNW 309°2,647 m23.5 mi
Mount ShouplinaNNW 343°2,600 m14.8 mi
Mount LoganN 357°2,582 m13.8 mi
Mount CashmanNNW 348°2,509 m16.4 mi
Madean PeakNW 323°2,496 m21.3 mi
Tazcol PeakNNW 329°2,377 m17.3 mi
Lindita PeakNNW 330°2,372 m16.7 mi
Flandreau MountainNW 319°2,346 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:0320:00
June solstice04:0822:0223:28
September equinox07:3018:5119:47
December solstice10:00—15:29

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242730394854575548402926
Precip in6.65.94.13.43.02.43.97.09.88.06.17.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valdez WSO, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4202155378

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