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Ranks Drug Store Museum

Ranks Drug Store Museum from directly overhead

Ranks Drug Store Museum is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,766 m. Lone Mountain stands 3,397 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is J. Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Elevation
1766 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.29313, -111.94661

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 9
  • Virginia City Historical Marker: 0.1 mi
  • Virginia City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Nevada City Historical Marker: 1.5 mi
  • Adobetown Historical Marker: 2.5 mi
  • Ruby Valley Historical Marker: 7.4 mi
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Maloney Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Norris Hot Springs: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Boulder Creek: 23.3 mi
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Ranks Drug Store Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lone MountainE 92°3,397 m24.1 mi
Cedar MountainESE 102°3,267 m20.8 mi
Granite PeakNNW 346°3,218 m19.4 mi
Hollowtop MountainN 352°3,216 m22.2 mi
Lakeshore MountainNNW 339°3,179 m22.3 mi
A P A MountainNNW 338°3,167 m22.3 mi
Mount JacksonNNW 340°3,165 m21.9 mi
Lonesome PeakN 349°3,148 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0119:40
June solstice05:4120:3421:20
September equinox07:1618:4819:27
December solstice08:0515:5916:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735415058666556453325
Precip in0.70.60.91.82.42.71.31.11.21.40.80.8

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/366093995

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