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Mount Dora History Museum

Mount Dora History Museum, a museum in Florida
Mount Dora History Museum, a museum in FloridaEbyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Dora History Museum, a museum in Florida
Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Dora History Museum, a museum in Florida
Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Dora History Museum, a museum in Florida
Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Dora History Museum, a museum in Florida
MountDoraHistoricalSociety · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mount Dora History Museum, a museum in Florida
JLWestlake · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Mount Dora History Museum is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 94 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Modernism Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Mount Dora History Museum (formerly the Royellou Museum) is located at 450 Royellou Lane, Mount Dora, Florida. It contains exhibits depicting the history of Mount Dora. The building itself, constructed in the 1920s, was originally the firehouse and jail for the city.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2008-09-08.

Wikidata Q6920474, matched on coordinates and name (19 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates28.79998, -81.64406

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Donnelly Park: 0.1 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.1 mi
  • Evans Park: 0.2 mi
  • Serenity Park: 0.3 mi
  • Grantham Point: 0.4 mi
Springs: 57
  • Seminole Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Droty Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Rock Springs: 9.1 mi
  • Messant Spring: 9.6 mi
Nature reserves: 37
Attractions: 35
  • Mount Dora Lighthouse: 0.4 mi
  • Apopka Wildlife Nature Drive: 10.3 mi
  • Bird Feeder: 16.8 mi
  • Citrus Tower: 17.4 mi
  • ZOOm Air Orlando: 20.1 mi
Museums: 31
Artworks: 28
Historic sites: 15
Gardens: 12
  • Apopka Community Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Reiter Park Butterfly Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Nehrling Gardens: 19.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Seminole State College Butterfly Garden: 20.8 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 11.7 mi
  • Tomato Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Trinity Learning Center: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Central Florida Bible Camp: 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lake Griffin State Park Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainSSW 207°94 m11.7 mi
Tomato HillW 275°50 m11.7 mi
Trinity Learning CenterWNW 282°38 m16.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0719:38
June solstice06:3019:5420:29
September equinox07:1618:5319:25
December solstice07:1616:5917:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F586164707681838280746661
Precip in2.82.53.22.74.48.37.48.56.33.72.02.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Plymouth 1ssw, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/556809468

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