Museum of Science & History
Museum of Science & History is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Friendship Park, a park 0.1 miles away. WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL passes 13 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Museum of Science & History (MOSH) was a museum in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a private, non-profit institution located on the Southbank Riverwalk, and the city's most visited museum. It specialized in science and local history exhibits. It featured a large traveling exhibit that changes quarterly, three floors of permanent and signature exhibits, and the Bryan-Gooding Planetarium.
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Dates from 1969.
Wikidata Q6941013, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL
- 13.9 mi off the A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS)
- 16.8 mi off the A1A HISTORIC BYWAY
- 24.4 mi off the JC PENNEY MEM HWY
Overlooks nearby
- North Overlook · 21 mi
- South Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Friendship Park: 0.1 mi
- Treaty Oak at Jessie Ball Dupont Park: 0.2 mi
- Belmonte Park: 0.5 mi
- Jesse B. Smith Memorial Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Jim Rink Park: 0.6 mi
- Riverview Gardens: 5.6 mi
- Hornbill Aviary: 5.7 mi
- Komodo Dragons: 5.7 mi
- Visayan Warty Hog: 5.7 mi
- Sulawesi Babirusa: 5.7 mi
- Nova: 0.5 mi
- Jaxoscope: 0.6 mi
- Coming Home: 0.6 mi
- Showing the Way: Tille K. Fowler Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Letha Davis Spire: 1.0 mi
- USS Orleck: 0.6 mi
- Jacksonville Fire Museum: 0.7 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville: 0.7 mi
- Old Saint Andrew's Church: 1.1 mi
- Ritz Theatre and Museum: 1.2 mi
- Lower Olmsted Garden: 1.0 mi
- Upper Olmsted Garden: 1.0 mi
- Italian Garden: 1.0 mi
- English Garden: 1.0 mi
- Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Crosby Sanctuary: 11.0 mi
- Crosby Sanctuary: 11.1 mi
- Pablo Creek Perserve: 13.3 mi
- Seaton Creek Preserve: 14.0 mi
- Branan Field Wildlife and Environmental Area: 14.6 mi
- Soldiers of the American Revolution Associated with Jacksonville History: 0.2 mi
- Market Street Horror: 0.4 mi
- Andrew Jackson: 0.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 1.2 mi
- Grove Park Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Pottsburg Spring: 5.7 mi
- Wadesboro Spring: 11.8 mi
- Ww Gay 1 Spring: 12.1 mi
- Ww Gay 2 Spring: 12.1 mi
- Sunowa Spring: 15.6 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 6.7 mi
- Black Point: 7.0 mi
- Beauclerc Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Saint Johns Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Half Moon Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Seminole Beach: 16.5 mi
- Bone Yard Beach: 17.8 mi
- Mickler's Landing: 21.1 mi
- Shee Beach: 21.4 mi
- Round Top: 10.7 mi
- Indian Mound: 14.4 mi
- Mount Cornelia: 16.0 mi
- Saint Johns County Rest Area I-95 Southbound: 18.2 mi
- Saint Johns County Rest Area I-95 Northbound: 18.5 mi
- Yukon: 6.4 mi
- Cornerstone Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Science & History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cornelia | ENE 61° | 15 m | 16.0 mi |
| Round Top | NE 50° | 8 m | 10.7 mi |
| Indian Mound | ENE 77° | 3 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 19:57 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:55 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 74 | 65 | 59 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville NAS, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/348479220
Day trips start here
- Jacksonville · 1 mi
- Orange Park · 11 mi
- Mayport · 15 mi
- Jacksonville Beach · 16 mi
- Neptune Beach · 16 mi
- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve · 16 mi
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