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Minnesota's Machinery Museum

Minnesota's Machinery Museum from directly overhead

Minnesota's Machinery Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a recorded elevation of 319 m. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 319 m

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directions Plan a drive around it

Coordinates44.69279, -95.62167

6.8 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
28.6 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Sham Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
Sham Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
Sham Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.2 mi
Gabriel Anderson Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
Spellman Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi

Parks30

Sorlien Park: 9.2 mi
Oraas Park: 9.3 mi
Skalbekken County Park: 10.4 mi
Wegdahl County Park: 13.7 mi
Sacred Heart City Park: 14.6 mi

Museums6

Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 0.0 mi
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum: 5.1 mi
Yellow Medicine County Museum: 8.4 mi
Yellow Medicine County Historical Society and Museum: 8.5 mi
Swensson Farm Museum: 12.9 mi

Artworks3

The Mustang Statue: 18.0 mi
Mrs. Whitney Statue: 18.6 mi
Civil War Statue: 18.8 mi

Attractions2

Minnesota Machinery Museum: 0.1 mi
Boyd House: 17.5 mi

Gardens2

Garden Courtyard: 17.8 mi
Central Courtyard: 17.8 mi

Historic sites2

Veteran's Memorial: 19.4 mi
Our Lady of Victory: 20.5 mi

Ghost towns1

Vicksburg: 19.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:27	18:56	19:35
June solstice	05:38	20:27	21:12
September equinox	07:10	18:43	19:22
December solstice	07:57	15:57	16:45

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	13	18	31	45	58	68	72	70	62	48	33	19
Precip in	0.8	0.8	1.5	2.4	3.5	4.6	3.3	3.8	3.2	2.3	1.4	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Granite Falls, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/367068312

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