Old Courthouse Museum & Jail
Old Courthouse Museum & Jail is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Eagle Peak stands 398 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Durand, WI, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
United States historic place
Dates from 1874.
Wikidata Q14714583, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pepin County
How to reach it
Overlooks nearby
- Carlson Kiln · 27 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 28 mi
- Vista point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tarrant Park: 1.2 mi
- Silver Birch Park: 3.4 mi
- scenic overlook: 3.7 mi
- Pineview County Park: 5.7 mi
- Arkansaw Cycle Park: 5.7 mi
- Eau Galle Mound: 1.9 mi
- Round Hill: 2.4 mi
- Waubeek Mound: 3.9 mi
- Gap Hill: 5.6 mi
- Ganoe Hill: 5.7 mi
- Eau Galle River Wildlife Area: 9.3 mi
- Five-Mile Bluff Prairie State Natural Area: 11.9 mi
- Rock Falls Wildlife Area: 14.2 mi
- Menomonie Town Forest: 14.8 mi
- Lower Chippewa River SNA—TNC Addition: 14.8 mi
- Yellow Bank: 3.0 mi
- Limekiln Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Fivemile Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Fox Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Dunnville Sandstone: 7.0 mi
- Little House Wayside: 13.0 mi
- Tank: 15.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Site of Fort St. Antoine 1686: 16.9 mi
- Flick Log Cabin: 7.0 mi
- Woodhouse Family House: 7.1 mi
- Downsville Community Museum: 10.4 mi
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum: 15.6 mi
- Pepin Depot Museum: 15.7 mi
- Durand, WI: 0.1 mi
- Portrait of a Community: 0.1 mi
- Woodland Spire: 17.0 mi
- Sentinel: 17.1 mi
- Borderline: 17.1 mi
- Welch Point: 5.7 mi
- Savoy: 8.0 mi
- Old Tyrone: 8.6 mi
- Springdale: 11.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 18.1 mi
- Wayside 46-07: 2.5 mi
- Little House Wayside: 13.0 mi
- Lake City Concourse: 19.1 mi
- Lake Pepin Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Menomonie Eastbound Rest Area 61: 19.6 mi
- Historical Society Musuem: 15.4 mi
- Historical Society Museum: 15.4 mi
- National Eagle Center: 17.1 mi
- brewery nønic: 17.3 mi
- Crystal Cave: 19.9 mi
- 9/11 memorial: 17.0 mi
- UW-Sprout: 17.6 mi
- Dunn County Jail Garden: 18.5 mi
- Wakanda Beach: 18.9 mi
- Florence Township Beach: 19.0 mi
- Tripp Falls: 16.2 mi
- Beckey Spring: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Courthouse Museum & Jail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | SE 136° | 398 m | 17.6 mi |
| Otteson Bluff | N 7° | 383 m | 23.7 mi |
| Tuttle Hill | NW 314° | 372 m | 12.3 mi |
| Elk Mound | NE 38° | 368 m | 22.2 mi |
| Farm Hill | SW 229° | 360 m | 11.8 mi |
| Nerike Hill | WSW 239° | 355 m | 10.5 mi |
| Weisinger Hill | WNW 291° | 354 m | 7.5 mi |
| Ganoe Hill | WSW 246° | 350 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:13 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:43 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durand, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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