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Northwest Science Museum Vision Center

Northwest Science Museum Vision Center from directly overhead

Northwest Science Museum Vision Center is a museum in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 809 m. Shafer Butte stands 2,308 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Redwood Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Northwest Science Museum is a creationist museum in Idaho. It opened on June 14, 2014. The museum's directors plan to create a 350,000 square foot facility including a full-scale model of Noah's Ark near Boise, Idaho, replacing the museum's current "Vision Center" near the state capitol in Boise. The museum's founders say that their collection of Ica stones offer proof that humans and dinosaurs coexisted, that out-of-place artifacts constitute "damaging evidences [sic] against evolution", and they can show with other evidence the Earth is 6,000 years old and it was physically possible for Noah to bring dinosaurs on board the Ark.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2014.

Wikidata Q19897885, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.62156, -116.32157
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Redwood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Comba Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mariposa Park: 0.9 mi
  • Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Combes Park: 1.6 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 56
Historic sites: 35
Gardens: 23
Museums: 21
Nature reserves: 17
Attractions: 6
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 14.6 mi
  • Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Givens Hot Springs: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shafer ButteNE 48°2,308 m15.6 mi
Mores MountainNE 44°2,202 m16.4 mi
Doe PointNE 51°2,151 m14.6 mi
Deer PointNE 50°2,150 m14.4 mi
Bob's KnobNE 53°2,024 m16.0 mi
Gardiner PeakENE 61°2,011 m14.8 mi
Little Deer PointNE 51°1,997 m13.5 mi
Boise PeakENE 64°1,978 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2019:58
June solstice06:0520:4721:31
September equinox07:3319:0719:44
December solstice08:1616:2517:12

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323845516068777666534032
Precip in1.41.01.31.21.40.80.20.20.40.81.21.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boise AIR Terminal, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8672380789

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