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Portland Museum, a museum in Kentucky
Portland Museum, a museum in KentuckyAntony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Portland Museum, a museum in Kentucky
Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Portland Museum, a museum in Kentucky
Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Portland Museum, a museum in Kentucky
Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Portland Museum, a museum in Kentucky
Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Portland Museum, a museum in Kentucky
Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Portland Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is LaPorte Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 1.5 miles off.

About

The story

The Portland Museum is a neighborhood history and art museum in Louisville, Kentucky. It details the history of the Portland neighborhood both as an independent town in the early 1800s and after Portland's amalgamation into Louisville after the construction of the Louisville and Portland Canal. The museum consists of three buildings: Beech Grove, a 19th-century Italianate mansion, the former Portland Bridge Baptist Mission Building, connected at Beech Grove's north side, and the AHOY House, a renovated Victorian property adjacent to the museum. The museum is also working to restore the 1812 Squire Earick House.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1978.

Wikidata Q7231986, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
140 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.26933, -85.78653
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 47
Historic sites: 39
Museums: 25
Nature reserves: 17
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 5.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 22.9 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Portland Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round KnobNNW 347°304 m17.8 mi
Hickman HillWSW 256°302 m8.1 mi
Spickert KnobNW 325°289 m5.9 mi
Oak KnobN 357°288 m22.5 mi
Daisy HillNNW 334°282 m17.7 mi
Williams KnobNNW 337°282 m17.8 mi
Bowers KnobNNW 334°274 m18.8 mi
Cubby House HillNNW 334°273 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2019:55
June solstice06:2120:3121:11
September equinox07:3219:0719:42
December solstice07:5716:4517:27

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353847586876797872604739
Precip in3.53.54.54.84.84.43.53.33.93.53.74.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/330532776

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