Pottsville Museum and Pioneer Town
Pottsville Museum and Pioneer Town is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 301 m. King Mountain stands 1,601 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Manzanita Rest Area Southbound, a rest area 2.1 miles away. Cow Creek passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Seasonal
- No
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Cow Creek
- 18.9 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
- 27.3 mi off the Myrtle Creek-Canyonville
Named places within 25 miles
- Merlin Community Park: 2.2 mi
- Rogue River Scenic Waterway: 5.4 mi
- Hog Creek County Park: 5.4 mi
- Robertson Bridge County Park: 5.7 mi
- Gilbert Creek Park: 6.5 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Walker Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Sexton Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Gilbert Peak: 5.6 mi
- Dollar Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 2.1 mi
- Reinhart Volunteer All Sports Park Entrance: 7.9 mi
- Reinhart Volunteer Monument: 7.9 mi
- Rotary International Sundial: 8.0 mi
- Car: 10.1 mi
- Grants Pass Caveman: 6.5 mi
- The Glass Forge Gallery and Studio: 7.6 mi
- Old Man Miner Statue: 7.9 mi
- Swinging Child Statue: 8.0 mi
- Community: 8.9 mi
- Grave of Martha Leland Crowley: 6.8 mi
- Fort Vanoy Farm Stand: 7.2 mi
- Bear post office delivery bear: 7.7 mi
- Hellgate: 8.1 mi
- Rogue Pond: 9.0 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area Southbound: 2.1 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area Northbound: 2.2 mi
- (historical)Cow Creek Safety Rest Area SB: 15.2 mi
- Valley of the Rogue State Park Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Grants Pass Museum of Art: 7.7 mi
- Woodville Museum: 13.5 mi
- Woodville Museum: 13.6 mi
- Gold Hill Museum: 19.0 mi
- King Mountain Rock Garden ACEC: 13.6 mi
- Lake Selmac County Park: 21.3 mi
- Siskiyou Field Institute - Deer Creek Center: 21.9 mi
- Jacksonville Forest Park: 24.3 mi
- Rainie Falls: 13.6 mi
- Dillon Falls: 19.6 mi
- Granite Falls: 24.3 mi
- Sixmile Recreation Site: 24.1 mi
- Store Gulch Picnic Site: 24.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 6.6 mi
- Grave Creek Bridge: 6.7 mi
- Friends & Family Trellis: 7.9 mi
- Seep: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Pottsville Museum and Pioneer Town. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Mountain | NE 38° | 1,601 m | 13.4 mi |
| Green Mountain | NE 39° | 1,478 m | 18.7 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | S 184° | 1,444 m | 16.3 mi |
| Freeland Mountain | W 259° | 1,396.3 m | 16.9 mi |
| Quartzmill Peak | NNE 33° | 1,375 m | 16.2 mi |
| Onion Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,353 m | 12.8 mi |
| Elk Mountain | E 89° | 1,341 m | 7.5 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | W 259° | 1,326 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:12 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:58 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 51 | 57 | 65 | 65 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 37 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 8.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sexton Summit, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/2003927479
Day trips start here
- Merlin · 3 mi
- Grants Pass · 8 mi
- Canyonville · 28 mi
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