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Meteor Crater Museum

Meteor Crater Museum from directly overhead

Meteor Crater Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,722 m. Cow Hill stands 2,311 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Astronaut Statue, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 17 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

About

The story

meteorite impact crater in northern Arizona

Wikidata Q431381, matched on coordinates and name (520 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.03250, -111.02156
Around it

76 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 20
  • Sunset Knoll: 9.5 mi
  • West Sunset Mountain: 11.8 mi
  • Tucker Mesa: 14.0 mi
  • East Sunset Mountain: 14.9 mi
  • Table Mountain: 16.7 mi
Springs: 15
  • Burro Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Kinnikinick Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Anderson Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 18.3 mi
Gardens: 8
Parks: 7
Historic sites: 6
  • Kinnikinnick Pueblo: 16.8 mi
  • Twin Arrows Trading Post: 17.1 mi
  • The Corner: 18.3 mi
  • Stone Turret: 18.4 mi
  • Nuvakwewtaqa Ruins: 18.9 mi
Artworks: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 3
  • Old Trails Museum: 18.3 mi
  • Affeldt Mion Museum: 18.5 mi
  • Homolovi State Park Visitor Center: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Attractions: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cow HillWSW 239°2,311 m21.5 mi
Pine HillWSW 251°2,302 m20.4 mi
Jaycox MountainSW 225°2,265 m19.7 mi
Anderson MesaW 274°2,154 m23.7 mi
Chavez MountainSSW 198°2,107 m18.7 mi
East Sunset MountainSSE 152°2,077 m14.9 mi
Mesita KnollSSE 156°2,015 m17.1 mi
West Sunset MountainSSE 157°2,012 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0318:36
June solstice05:1119:0519:42
September equinox06:1317:4918:22
December solstice07:2916:3817:17

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364148546172767468574435
Precip in1.11.00.50.70.50.31.92.41.60.90.70.6

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/598224827

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