Old Castle Museum
Old Castle Museum is a museum in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 319 m. Coon Point stands 338 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmyra Post Office, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 25 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
university building in Baldwin City, United States of America
Dates from 1858.
Wikidata Q16896108, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 319 m
How to reach it
- 25.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grove Park: 0.2 mi
- Sullivan Square: 0.2 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 2.1 mi
- Black Jack Nature Park: 3.1 mi
- Saddle Club Park: 7.4 mi
- Dorothy Akin Memorial Prairie: 8.9 mi
- Breezedale: 11.7 mi
- Breezedale: 11.7 mi
- Fmr. location of Missouri Pacific Depot: 11.9 mi
- Fmr. site of HU tower (Interlocking): 12.7 mi
- Palmyra Post Office: 0.0 mi
- Kibbee Cabin: 0.0 mi
- Lanesfield Historic Site: 10.4 mi
- Prairie Park Nature Center: 10.9 mi
- Haskell Cultural Center and Museum: 11.6 mi
- Prairie City: 1.9 mi
- Dennison: 6.8 mi
- Hackett: 6.9 mi
- Minneola: 8.9 mi
- Franklin: 10.8 mi
- Monarch Watch Garden: 12.5 mi
- Lawrence Community Orchard: 12.8 mi
- Audio-Reader Sensory Garden: 13.4 mi
- Lawrence Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- Little Prairie Community Garden: 15.1 mi
- MacKomics Studio: 11.9 mi
- Ottawa Silhouette: 11.9 mi
- Onward Ottawa: 12.0 mi
- William H. Howe Butterfly Mural: 12.3 mi
- Chesty Lion: 12.3 mi
- Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 1.8 mi
- Roy and Eleanor Wall Woods: 2.1 mi
- Breidenthal Biological Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Rice Woodland: 2.2 mi
- Archery Only Area: 12.2 mi
- Fowler Hill: 5.2 mi
- Shank Hill: 8.7 mi
- Blue Mound: 8.8 mi
- Observation Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Mount Oread: 13.2 mi
- Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 0.9 mi
- Lawrence Arts Center: 13.3 mi
- Locomotive #1073: 13.8 mi
- The Teepee at Teepee Junction: 15.6 mi
- M101: 20.9 mi
- Bloomington Beach: 13.3 mi
- Swim Beach: 14.8 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 17.0 mi
- Miola Beach: 22.4 mi
- Wakarusa River Falls: 12.8 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 18.7 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 13.9 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 14.0 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Castle Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Point | NW 320° | 338 m | 20.3 mi |
| Fowler Hill | S 179° | 318 m | 5.2 mi |
| Blue Mound | N 1° | 318 m | 8.8 mi |
| Nolan Hill | NNW 345° | 317 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Oread | NNW 344° | 316 m | 13.2 mi |
| Twin Mounds | WNW 289° | 316 m | 17.4 mi |
| Shank Hill | NNW 332° | 304 m | 8.7 mi |
| Sanders Mound | NW 322° | 288 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 56 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ottawa, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/585792275
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