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Morehead History & Railroad Museum

Morehead History & Railroad Museum from directly overhead

Morehead History & Railroad Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 222 m. Limestone Knob stands 433 m to the southwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Morehead Memorial Tree Walk, a park 0.1 miles away. Zilpo Road passes 7.8 miles off.

About

The story

city in Rowan County, Kentucky

Dates from 1869.

Wikidata Q1904491, matched on coordinates and name (715 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

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Coordinates38.18142, -83.43342

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Limestone Knob: 3.8 mi
  • Clack Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Lockegee Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Buzzard Knob: 4.8 mi
  • Smoky Knob: 5.0 mi
Natural arches: 27
  • Yale Arch: 12.0 mi
  • Zilpo Arch: 12.1 mi
  • Finger Leaner False Arch: 12.5 mi
  • Bertis Arch: 13.1 mi
  • Furnace Arch: 14.0 mi
Parks: 20
  • Morehead Memorial Tree Walk: 0.1 mi
  • Don Greenhill Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fountain Park: 0.4 mi
  • Boone Hollan Wetlands & Nature Trails: 0.6 mi
  • Butler Park: 0.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Broke Leg Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Mariba Fork Falls: 20.4 mi
  • East Mariba Fork Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Ataullah Falls: 20.6 mi
  • West Mariba Fork Falls: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
Attractions: 10
  • Old Homestead: 20.4 mi
  • Old Homestead: 20.5 mi
  • Shangra La Arch: 20.8 mi
  • Box Canyon: 21.1 mi
  • Cascade Bridge: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Boat Gunnel Group Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Billy Branch Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Clear Creek Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Historic sites: 2
Gardens: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Cascade Caverns Nature Preserve: 21.2 mi
  • Bat Cave State Nature Preserve: 21.3 mi
Museums: 1
  • Morgan Co Historical Society: 20.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • West Liberty Dough Boy: 20.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Morehead History & Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Limestone KnobSW 218°433 m3.8 mi
Tater KnobSW 214°423 m10.5 mi
South KnobSW 236°419 m17.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 297°411 m5.9 mi
Gate Post HillSW 214°410 m14.4 mi
Clack MountainSSE 162°400 m4.0 mi
Carrington RockSW 223°399 m15.2 mi
Gate Post HillSW 215°396 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1119:46
June solstice06:1220:2121:01
September equinox07:2218:5819:32
December solstice07:4716:3617:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333644556471757468564537
Precip in3.63.64.64.75.24.85.93.93.93.43.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cave RUN Lake, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/758572903

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