Museum of Transportation;Museum of Transportion
Museum of Transportation;Museum of Transportion is a museum in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 162 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wabash #2847 Caboose, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 3.0 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The National Museum of Transportation (TNMOT) is a private, 42-acre transportation museum in Kirkwood, Missouri. Founded in 1944, it restores, preserves, and displays vehicles from the late 1800s to the present: mainly locomotives and railroad equipment, but also cars, aircraft, and a boat. The museum contains a research library of transportation-related memorabilia and documents. At the southwest corner of the property is West Barretts Tunnel. Built in 1853, it is one of a pair of tunnels that were the first to operate west of the Mississippi River. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The museum has its own railway spur to an active main line formerly owned by the Missouri Pacific Railroad, now by the Union Pacific Railroad. This has allowed the museum to take possession of large and unusual pieces of railroad equipment. A miniature railroad operates around a loop of track near the parking lot. A restored trolley operates Thursday–Sunday from March through December.
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Wikidata Q6941038, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 162 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 1.0 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 15.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 14.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Elk Hollow · 5 mi
- Bird Viewing Blind · 11 mi
- Mississippi River Overlook · 16 mi
- Observation Blind · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wabash #2847 Caboose: 0.0 mi
- Panama Canal Tug: 0.1 mi
- Chicago & Illinois Midland #551: 0.1 mi
- Laclede-Christy #2: 0.1 mi
- Union Tank Line #14387: 0.1 mi
- Lindburg Automobile Center: 0.1 mi
- The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park: 1.3 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog: 2.8 mi
- The Magic House: 3.1 mi
- Sugar Creek Park: 0.7 mi
- pickle ball: 1.0 mi
- Seven Oaks Playground: 1.0 mi
- Simpson Park: 1.2 mi
- Greentree Park: 1.2 mi
- Saint John Vianney Statue: 2.9 mi
- St. Louis Project: 2.9 mi
- Profile Canto IV: 2.9 mi
- Mother Mary: 2.9 mi
- House of the Minotaur: 3.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Heroes Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Aggregate Processing Works Ruins: 4.3 mi
- Castle Ruins: 4.8 mi
- Ruins: 6.4 mi
- Old Bonhomme Elementary School Garden: 7.8 mi
- McCausland Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- Wildwood Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Hi-Pointe Neighborhood Garden: 9.5 mi
- Burning Kumquat: 9.6 mi
- Phantom Forest Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Bittersweet Woods Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 2.4 mi
- Forest 44 Conservation Area: 4.7 mi
- August G. Beckemeier Conservation Area: 8.1 mi
- Antire Hill: 6.4 mi
- Art Hill: 10.2 mi
- Government Hill: 10.6 mi
- Bald Hill: 10.9 mi
- High Point St. Louis County: 12.0 mi
- Countrylane Woods II Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 6.2 mi
- Bright Spring: 2.5 mi
- Pettys Spring: 2.7 mi
- Smizer Mill Spring: 3.6 mi
- Horse Spring: 4.0 mi
- Rott Rd Spring: 4.0 mi
- Times Beach: 8.7 mi
- Broadway: 11.0 mi
- Goldman: 19.3 mi
- Wilkie: 22.2 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 23.4 mi
- Climbing Area: 11.2 mi
- Shelter bluff: 11.5 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 13.9 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Dripping Springs: 9.6 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 11.1 mi
- Wise Falls: 11.3 mi
- Stone Arch: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Transportation;Museum of Transportion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tavern Rock | W 278° | 272 m | 15.8 mi |
| Chinkapin Hill | SW 224° | 262 m | 17.6 mi |
| Herman's Hilltop | SW 224° | 248 m | 17.2 mi |
| Frisco Hill | S 178° | 247 m | 12.9 mi |
| North LaBarque Hill | SW 226° | 247 m | 17.9 mi |
| South LaBarque Hill | SW 226° | 244 m | 18.1 mi |
| Antire Hill | SW 231° | 237 m | 6.4 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSE 156° | 218 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 45 | 56 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Charles 7 SSW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/481289584
Day trips start here
- St. Louis County · 5 mi
- St. Louis · 13 mi
- Cahokia · 15 mi
- Ferguson · 15 mi
- St. Charles · 15 mi
- East St. Louis · 18 mi
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