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Ochs Memorial Museum

Ochs Memorial Museum, a museum in Tennessee
Ochs Memorial Museum, a museum in TennesseePub. by W. M. Cline Co., Chattanooga, Tennessee · Public domain
Ochs Memorial Museum, a museum in Tennessee
Pub. by Cline Photo Co., Chattanooga. Tenn. "Tichnor Quality Views," Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Made Only by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. · Public domain
Ochs Memorial Museum, a museum in Tennessee
Pub. by W. M. Cline Co., Chattanooga, Tennessee · Public domain
Ochs Memorial Museum, a museum in Tennessee
Pub. by Cline Photo Co., Chattanooga. Tenn. "Tichnor Quality Views," Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Made Only by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. · Public domain
Ochs Memorial Museum, a museum in Tennessee
Pub. by Cline Photo Co., Chattanooga. Tenn. "Tichnor Quality Views," Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Made Only by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. · Public domain
Ochs Memorial Museum, a museum in Tennessee
Pub. by Cline Photo Co., Chattanooga. Tenn. "Tichnor Quality Views," Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Made Only by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. · Public domain

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Ochs Memorial Museum is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 610 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Point Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 0.3 miles off.

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Coordinates35.01255, -85.34367

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Point Park: 0.1 mi
  • John C. Wilson Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Roy Nelms Park: 0.9 mi
  • Terrace Park: 1.1 mi
  • Tennessee Riverpark Wheland Foundry Trailhead: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 54
Attractions: 38
  • Cravens House: 0.2 mi
  • Ruby Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Central of Georgia 349: 3.8 mi
  • Orchard Knob Reservation: 4.4 mi
  • Freedom Church: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Upper Glen Falls 12: 1.7 mi
  • Glen Falls 15: 1.7 mi
  • Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 1.7 mi
  • High Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Lula Falls 100: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 27
Museums: 18
Artworks: 15
Nature reserves: 13
Gardens: 9
Springs: 8
  • Straight Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Obar Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 8.0 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 6.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Ochs Memorial Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSSW 196°647 m12.6 mi
Buck KnobN 10°625 m24.4 mi
Suck Creek MountainNNW 337°624.84 m12.8 mi
Round KnobN 352°601 m9.9 mi
Buck KnobN 4°595 m13.8 mi
Fox MountainSSW 214°591 m22.8 mi
Fox MountainSSW 214°584 m22.1 mi
Deerstand HillW 273°572 m24.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2019:53
June solstice06:2920:2220:59
September equinox07:3019:0619:40
December solstice07:4616:5517:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048586673767570594841
Precip in5.56.05.65.54.34.24.84.04.93.84.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout Mtn-point Park, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/140176546

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