National Railroad Museum
National Railroad Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Cherneyville Hill stands 308 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Howard Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The National Railroad Museum (reporting mark NRMX) is a railroad museum located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1956 by community volunteers, the National Railroad Museum is one of the oldest and largest U.S. institutions dedicated to preserving and interpreting the nation's railroad history. Two years later, a joint resolution of Congress recognized the museum as the National Railroad Museum. The museum has been a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization since 1958. Its collection of locomotives and rolling stock spans more than a century. Notable items include an Aerotrain; Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4017, one of the world's largest steam locomotives; and British Railways Class A4 No. 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower (ex-London & North Eastern Railway No. 4496 Golden Shuttle) and train used by the Supreme Allied Commander and his staff in the United Kingdom and continental Europe during World War II. The Frederick J. Lenfesty Center, an enclosed and climate-controlled structure, built in 2001, houses several of the unique and rarer locomotives and cars. A museum building houses railroad artifacts, an archive, and photography gallery. A standard gauge track rings the grounds. An 80-foot (24 m) wooden observation tower has views of the Fox River and Green Bay. The museum hosted an annual Day Out with Thomas event until 2019, in which Thomas the Tank Engine pulled young friends past the exhibited rolling stock. In October, it hosts "Terror on the Fox", the Green Bay Preble Optimist Club's haunted attraction that includes "haunted" train rides after dark.
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Dates from 1956.
Wikidata Q441849, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 181 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Howard Park: 0.3 mi
- Bill Diamond Soccer Fields: 0.5 mi
- Mike Vann Park: 0.7 mi
- Klipstine Park: 1.1 mi
- Sunset Park: 1.2 mi
- Packers Hall of Fame & Stadium Tours: 1.4 mi
- 1966 Championship Tree: 1.5 mi
- 1939 Championship Tree: 1.5 mi
- 1967 Championship Tree: 1.5 mi
- 1929 Championship Tree: 1.5 mi
- Court House Monument: 0.7 mi
- First Episcopal Mission in Wisconsin: 1.0 mi
- Cotton House - Baird Law Office: 1.0 mi
- Roi-Porlier Tank Cottage: 1.0 mi
- Brown County Veterans Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Lambeau Leap: 1.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi: 1.5 mi
- Curly Lambeau: 1.5 mi
- Wooden Boat Statues: 1.9 mi
- Broken Metal Wing Statue: 2.2 mi
- Heritage Hill State Historical Park: 0.9 mi
- Historic Hazelwood: 1.8 mi
- White Pillars Museum: 2.2 mi
- Neville Public Museum: 2.8 mi
- The Children's Museum of Green Bay: 4.6 mi
- Arthur C Keuler Place Flower Garden: 2.7 mi
- Starlite Garden: 3.1 mi
- Peace United Methodist Vegetable & Flower Garden: 3.1 mi
- Children's Garden: 4.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 4.2 mi
- Newberry Conservancy: 4.4 mi
- Foxtails Wildlife Area: 7.8 mi
- Phil Sager Tract: 7.8 mi
- Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Holland State Wildlife Area: 13.1 mi
- Webster Hill: 1.3 mi
- Scray Hill: 5.3 mi
- Platten Hill: 5.3 mi
- Burdon Hill: 6.4 mi
- Gopher Hill: 8.7 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 10.7 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 24.5 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 24.6 mi
- Niagara Excarpment: 25.0 mi
- Lime Rock: 15.0 mi
- Lawesburg: 22.7 mi
- Grand Chute: 24.1 mi
- Upper Grassy Island Range Light: 4.2 mi
- Lower Grassy Island Range Light: 4.2 mi
- Denmark Rest Area 52: 16.0 mi
- Maribel Rest Area 51: 16.1 mi
- Wequiock Falls: 10.2 mi
- Sunset Beach: 20.9 mi
- Pavilion: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of National Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherneyville Hill | ESE 104° | 308 m | 16.1 mi |
| Montpelier Hills | E 101° | 289 m | 16.7 mi |
| Dhuey Hill | ENE 63° | 277 m | 23.4 mi |
| Scray Hill | SSE 151° | 269 m | 5.3 mi |
| Burdon Hill | NNW 330° | 237 m | 6.4 mi |
| Gopher Hill | SW 233° | 223 m | 8.7 mi |
| Platten Hill | NW 326° | 219 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:56 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:28 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 21 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Green BAY, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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