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Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati

Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati, a museum in Kentucky
Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati, a museum in KentuckyAnotherproject7 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati, a museum in Kentucky
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Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rittes Corner, a park 0.2 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

All volunteer museum. Collection of railway equipment related to the railroads that served Cincinnati. Displays and restores it's rolling stock. Located in a former Louisville & Nashville yard.

About

The story

The Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati is a railroad museum in Covington, Kentucky.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7284182, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.04743, -84.50772

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rittes Corner: 0.2 mi
  • Summit Drive Island Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bill Cappel Sports Complex: 0.7 mi
  • Meinken Park: 0.8 mi
  • Frederick's Landing Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 60
Museums: 50
Nature reserves: 44
Peaks: 30
  • Orchard Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Johns Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Mount Adams: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Echo: 4.6 mi
  • Goat Hill: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lower Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Area 23: 8.5 mi
  • Area 22, Furnas Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Area 26: 8.7 mi
  • Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNNW 343°319 m16.5 mi
Harrison HillNW 306°284 m23.1 mi
Harrison HillNW 308°279 m23.1 mi
Orchard HillWSW 251°268 m1.4 mi
Pleasant HillSSE 150°267 m21.8 mi
Galley HillENE 67°265 m18.0 mi
Jackson RidgeWNW 298°259 m21.7 mi
Brighton HillN 353°257 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:08
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
December solstice07:5416:3717:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544556472767568564536
Precip in2.92.83.94.44.74.64.43.43.13.12.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/576146843

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