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Museum of the Aleutians

Museum of the Aleutians from directly overhead

Museum of the Aleutians is a museum in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Makushin Volcano stands 1,811 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is WWII JIN Crater, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates53.88189, -166.54919
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.0 mi
  • Sea Otter Viewing Area: 0.1 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.1 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.2 mi
  • Norwegian Rat Mural: 0.3 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Hill 200: 0.3 mi
  • Strawberry Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Bunker Hill Peak: 0.5 mi
  • Haystack Hill: 0.5 mi
Historic sites: 18
Parks: 6
  • Expedition Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sitka Spruce Park: 0.4 mi
  • Town Park: 0.8 mi
  • Tutiakoff Field: 1.1 mi
  • Unalaska Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Glass Beach: 0.6 mi
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Makushin VolcanoW 271°1,811 m14.7 mi
Table Top MountainNW 319°829 m8.1 mi
Lofty MountainENE 66°695 m10.7 mi
Pyramid PeakS 170°651 m2.5 mi
Mount Marshall ReeseWNW 303°596 m13.1 mi
Elizabeth PeakSSW 203°590 m6.1 mi
Sugarloaf ConeW 281°581 m10.9 mi
Red Cinder DomeWNW 295°574 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox09:0920:3321:20
June solstice06:3522:4323:42
September equinox08:5320:2021:06
December solstice10:2316:3717:47

Local time (America/Nome).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333434374247525449433835
Precip in6.85.24.63.54.22.52.32.95.77.96.77.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dutch Harbor, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/176994130

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