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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a museum in Missouri
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a museum in MissouriJordano53 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a museum in Missouri
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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a museum in Missouri
Mwkruse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a museum in Missouri
Mwkruse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a museum in Missouri
Mwkruse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a museum in Missouri
Mwkruse · CC BY-SA 3.0

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is American Jazz Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Spirit of Kansas City passes 1.1 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) is a privately funded museum dedicated to preserving the history of Negro league baseball in America. It was founded in 1990 in Kansas City, Missouri, in the historic 18th & Vine District, the hub of African-American cultural activity in Kansas City during the first half of the 20th century. The NLBM shares its building with the American Jazz Museum.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1990.

Wikidata Q6987602, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.09144, -94.56251

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Charlie Parker Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Salvatore Grisafe Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Kansas City Workhouse: 0.3 mi
  • Rev. John W. Williams Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Richard Thomas Coles: 0.3 mi
Parks
  • The Parade: 0.2 mi
  • Blues Park: 0.5 mi
  • Paseo Green Park: 0.6 mi
  • Neighborhood Park at 2413 Woodland: 0.6 mi
  • Prospect Plaza Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Cliffs
Gardens: 27
Nature reserves: 21
Peaks: 12
  • Arsenal Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Nebo Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Overland Park: 16.5 mi
  • Overland Park: 16.5 mi
  • Bowler Hill: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Turkey Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Angel Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Cedar Lake Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Tryst Falls: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Swimming Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Little Platte Swim Beach: 21.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 8.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillSSE 162°342 m22.5 mi
Pilot KnobNW 306°336 m24.6 mi
Bowler HillSSE 147°330 m16.7 mi
Rattlesnake HillESE 115°306 m24.2 mi
Nebo HillNE 53°291 m13.8 mi
Monkey MountainESE 106°289 m21.3 mi
Minter HillESE 109°288 m19.0 mi
Sni-A-Bar PointESE 105°286 m21.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:30
June solstice05:5320:0820:48
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3516:1717:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313646576777817971584535
Precip in1.01.52.13.95.15.34.44.73.83.21.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kansas City Dwtn AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1458132670

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