National Museum of the Great Lakes
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National Museum of the Great Lakes is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. Nona France Sledding Hill stands 215 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Tugboat Ohio, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The National Museum of the Great Lakes is a museum in the Toledo Maritime Center, a heritage location on the banks of the Maumee River on the east side of Toledo, Ohio. Operated by the Great Lakes Historical Society, it celebrates the natural and built heritage of the North American Great Lakes from a U.S. perspective. The museum is most noted as the docking location of a museum Lake freighter, the SS Col. James M. Schoonmaker.
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Dates from 2014.
Wikidata Q19865650, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 7.1 mi off the Maumee Valley Scenic Byway
- 15.9 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Overlooks nearby
- Western-most point on Lake Erie · 4 mi
- Big Hill · 7 mi
- Duck blind · 8 mi
- Observation tower · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tribute Park: 0.3 mi
- Glass City Metropark: 0.4 mi
- Superior Park: 0.5 mi
- Chub deWolfe Park: 0.9 mi
- Trinity Plaza: 1.0 mi
- Toledo Firefighters Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Gen. James Steedman Statue: 1.0 mi
- William Mc Kinley: 1.2 mi
- Pythian Castle: 1.3 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II Statue: 2.2 mi
- City Candy: 0.9 mi
- Blubber: 2.2 mi
- Rings: 5.0 mi
- Balancing Act: 5.1 mi
- Paleozoic Landscape: 5.2 mi
- Native Praire Habitat: 4.2 mi
- Sawyer Quarry Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Wheeler Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Audubon Islands Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge: 9.6 mi
- The Manos Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Ironwood Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Georgia and David K. Welles Sculpture Garden: 2.2 mi
- Scottwood Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- LaValley Family Rooftop Garden: 5.1 mi
- Tugboat Ohio: 0.0 mi
- The Col. James M. Schoonmaker: 0.1 mi
- Imagination Station: 0.9 mi
- Toledo Museum of Art: 2.3 mi
- Toledo Firefighters Museum: 3.6 mi
- Hollywood Casino Toledo: 2.9 mi
- Fort Miamis: 8.2 mi
- The 577 Foundation: 8.3 mi
- Fossil Park: 12.6 mi
- Fairgrounds: 17.1 mi
- Carland Beach: 5.9 mi
- Nugent Beach (Private): 6.4 mi
- Erie Beach: 7.4 mi
- Lamb Beach: 10.2 mi
- Olander Lake Beach: 10.4 mi
- Sand Hill: 5.6 mi
- Corn Cob Hill: 8.9 mi
- Indian Hill: 10.0 mi
- Turkeyfoot Rock: 12.5 mi
- Nona France Sledding Hill: 17.6 mi
- Dundee Welcome Center 822: 14.7 mi
- Monroe Welcome Center 823: 15.4 mi
- Horse Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Wood Interstate 75 NB: 22.6 mi
- Wood Interstate 75 SB: 22.9 mi
- Marengo: 6.1 mi
- Java: 17.6 mi
- Providence: 24.8 mi
- Toledo Harbor Light: 12.0 mi
- West Sister Island Light: 21.6 mi
- Great Sulphur Spring: 8.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of National Museum of the Great Lakes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nona France Sledding Hill | SW 236° | 215 m | 17.6 mi |
| Indian Hill | SW 224° | 193 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sand Hill | NNW 329° | 189 m | 5.6 mi |
| Turkeyfoot Rock | SW 229° | 181 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:10 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:23 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toledo Metcalf FLD, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Toledo · 3 mi
- Monroe County · 18 mi
- Monroe · 19 mi
- Bowling Green · 21 mi
- Oak Harbor · 22 mi
- Maybee · 24 mi
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