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Museum of Indigenous People

Museum of Indigenous People from directly overhead

Museum of Indigenous People is a museum in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,648 m. Mount Union stands 2,427 m to the south-southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ken Lindley Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mingus Mountain Scenic Road passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

The Museum of Indigenous People, formerly known as the Smoki Museum of American Indian Art and Culture, is located in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona and holds collections of Native American artifacts.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q17061348, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1648 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.54336, -112.45878
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Whipple Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Badger Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Indian Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Kuhne Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Watson: 3.4 mi
Springs
  • Deer Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Section Twelve Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Government Canyon Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Bellows Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Deer Lick Spring: 3.4 mi
Parks: 44
  • Ken Lindley Park: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Roughrider Park: 0.4 mi
  • Whipple Park: 0.5 mi
  • Acker Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 10
Attractions: 8
  • Whiskey Row: 0.7 mi
  • Granite Dells: 4.1 mi
  • Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area: 4.3 mi
  • Freedom Station Family Fun Center: 7.5 mi
  • Montimer Farms: 12.6 mi
Artworks: 7
Museums: 7
Ghost towns: 7
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Co-creation Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Healing Garden: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Watson Wood Preserve: 2.4 mi
  • Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Museum of Indigenous People. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UnionSSE 161°2,427 m9.4 mi
Mount DavisSSE 157°2,407 m8.9 mi
Mount TritleS 174°2,368 m8.8 mi
Moscow PeakSSE 160°2,343 m10.3 mi
Spruce MountainSSE 150°2,336 m6.4 mi
Granite BenchmarkNW 321°2,325 m8.5 mi
Lookout MountainS 176°2,291 m9.7 mi
Maverick MountainS 187°2,267 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3418:0918:42
June solstice05:1819:0919:46
September equinox06:1917:5518:28
December solstice07:3416:4517:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384146536170757467574638
Precip in1.51.81.50.60.50.22.72.81.61.00.91.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prescott, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366220673

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