Polk County Museum
Polk County Museum is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 328 m. Fair Grove Mound stands 438 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cribbs Family Youth Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 27 miles off. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 27.0 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
106 named places within 25 miles
- Cribbs Family Youth Park: 0.4 mi
- Girl Scout Park: 0.4 mi
- Elmwood Park: 0.7 mi
- Neuhart Park: 0.7 mi
- John Playter Rotary Park: 1.5 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 8.4 mi
- Turkey Knob: 9.1 mi
- Grisham Knob: 9.5 mi
- Bungalow Hill: 10.0 mi
- Knothead Hill: 11.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Blair Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Tommy Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Negro Bend Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Schuette Prairie: 7.5 mi
- Sentinel Conservation Area: 12.5 mi
- Little Sac Woods Conservation Area: 15.6 mi
- Pearl Creek Farm: 18.1 mi
- Fellows Lake Recreation Area: 23.9 mi
- Buffalo Historic Society: 16.9 mi
- Wommack Mill: 21.6 mi
- Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Fantastic Caverns: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Polk County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Grove Mound | SE 140° | 438 m | 22.2 mi |
| Goodnight Knob | SE 137° | 404 m | 16.0 mi |
| Blue Mound | E 99° | 402 m | 12.6 mi |
| Brushy Mound | E 101° | 402 m | 14.3 mi |
| Lucas Knob | SE 135° | 402 m | 17.4 mi |
| Henley Knob | SE 138° | 394 m | 17.4 mi |
| Graveyard Hill | SE 144° | 379 m | 8.4 mi |
| Sand Mountain | SSW 200° | 369 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bolivar 1 NE, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 11000442OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — North Ward School, reference 11000442, listed 07/14/11.
OpenStreetMap element way/485443678
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