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Our House Museum

Our House Museum from directly overhead

Our House Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 174 m. Rich Knob stands 315 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Our House Tavern Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
174 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80770, -82.20394

76 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
  • Gallipolis City Park: 0.1 mi
  • Elizabeth L Evans Waterfowl and Bird Sanctuary: 0.4 mi
  • Texas Road Wildlife Area: 0.9 mi
  • Haskins Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Bobin Park: 2.4 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Fortification Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Poplar Knob: 8.7 mi
  • Big Four Hill: 13.9 mi
  • Miller Hill: 15.6 mi
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 4
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich KnobS 172°315 m23.6 mi
Stewart KnobWSW 248°307 m20.8 mi
RoundknobE 95°307 m22.3 mi
Phillips KnobWSW 258°306 m21.6 mi
Poplar KnobWSW 259°305 m8.7 mi
Tipton KnobWSW 242°305 m20.3 mi
Gobbler KnobS 178°302 m23.0 mi
Huddleston KnobS 179°301 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0619:41
June solstice06:0520:1820:58
September equinox07:1718:5319:28
December solstice07:4416:2917:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544546472767568574537
Precip in3.13.14.13.94.54.64.53.63.73.12.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gallipolis, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/920894894

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