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Norwegian Museum

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Norwegian Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 250 m. Lapham Hill stands 368 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Heg Memorial Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
250 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.80446, -88.17314

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Col. Heg Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Richard J Meyer Park: 0.3 mi
  • Wind Lake Veterans Park: 1.8 mi
  • Waterford Town Park: 2.6 mi
  • Cornerstone Crossing Conservancy Park: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Elegant Farmer: 9.0 mi
  • The Rustic Barn at Prairie Gardens: 10.2 mi
  • Boerner Botanical Gardens: 11.6 mi
  • Abandoned Haunted House Complex: 13.3 mi
  • iCOMBAT Waukesha: 13.4 mi
Artworks
  • Pelican: 11.5 mi
  • Saint Fiacre: 11.5 mi
  • Cat: 11.6 mi
  • Cat: 11.6 mi
  • Passage "Fall": 11.6 mi
Museums: 45
  • Heg Memorial Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Heg Memorial Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Browne Nature Center: 9.5 mi
  • New Berlin Historical Society: 9.6 mi
  • Burlington Historical Society: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 41
  • Waterford Rain Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Cremains Scattering Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Wild Flowers Garden: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Picnic Area 7: 11.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 8: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 11.3 mi
  • Pet Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 15
Springs: 13
  • Hygeia Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Silurian Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Minnehaha Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Scuppernong Springs: 17.2 mi
  • Hillside Spring: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Peaks: 7

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lapham HillNW 325°368 m19.3 mi
Bald BluffW 277°317 m22.1 mi
Buena Park HillWSW 254°290 m3.0 mi
Gander MountainS 183°283 m21.5 mi
Hill FifteenSSW 194°276 m24.5 mi
Mount TomS 185°265 m10.4 mi
Mount MoriahSSW 194°257 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1519:5220:35
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2115:3616:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202334455767716962503726
Precip in1.71.72.13.84.04.73.83.83.62.92.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Wwtp, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/367811287

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