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Post Rock Scout Museum

Post Rock Scout Museum from directly overhead

Post Rock Scout Museum is a museum in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 428 m. Williams Butte stands 551 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Crispin’s Drug Store Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Post Rock Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
2014

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.04005, -98.14626

62 named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 36
  • Roy and Clara Miller's Park: 20.9 mi
  • Mushroom Rock State Park: 22.6 mi
  • World's Largest Czech Egg: 23.0 mi
  • Ostrich: 24.1 mi
  • Giraffe: 24.1 mi
Parks: 12
  • Luke Park: 15.7 mi
  • Lucas Park Recreation Area: 20.9 mi
  • Krizek Park: 21.3 mi
  • Wilson State Wildlife Area: 21.4 mi
  • Holt Park: 21.5 mi
Museums: 6
Peaks: 3
  • Williams Butte: 22.3 mi
  • Buzzard Roost: 22.3 mi
  • Fremont's Knob: 22.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Lincoln Art Center: 0.0 mi
  • Garden of Eden: 20.9 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Frontier in Lincoln County: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Gurley Salt Marsh Wildlife Area: 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Williams ButteNW 312°551 m22.3 mi
Buzzard RoostSSE 154°501 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1019:45
June solstice06:0820:2221:02
September equinox07:2118:5619:31
December solstice07:4916:3217:14

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283242526374807768554231
Precip in0.71.01.62.64.64.04.03.92.41.91.21.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln 1 SE, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9800655893

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