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Red Crown Mini-Museum

Red Crown Mini-Museum from directly overhead

Red Crown Mini-Museum is a museum in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. The Mound stands 221 m to the east-southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Envisioning Tomorrow, a artwork 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

An old Standard Oil filling station, first constructed in 1927 and restored in 1991.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.41711, -86.89030

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Triangle Park: 0.3 mi
  • SIA South Tipp Park: 0.3 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.4 mi
  • Stockton Park: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Artworks: 23
Ghost towns: 18
Museums: 11
  • Art Museum of Lafayette: 0.2 mi
  • Tippecanoe County Historical Association: 0.3 mi
  • The Haan Museum of Indiana Art: 0.4 mi
  • Five Points Fire Station Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Ouiatenon Blockhouse: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Captured Spanish Cannon: 3.8 mi
  • Shadeland School: 5.5 mi
  • Footprints in History: 6.3 mi
  • Tippecanoe Battlefield Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Granville: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Warner Shelter: 5.7 mi
  • Newell Shelter: 5.7 mi
  • Raisor Shelter: 5.7 mi
  • Moser Shelter: 5.8 mi
  • Osco Shelter: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Wallace Triangle: 0.5 mi
  • Children's Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Clegg Memorial Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Colfax Library Memorial Garden: 19.4 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Monster Mini: 3.8 mi
  • Exploration Acres: 8.9 mi
  • Adams Mill: 20.5 mi
Peaks: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Wolcott Rest Area - I-65 NB: 21.5 mi
  • Wolcott Rest Area - I-65 SB: 21.5 mi
  • Lebanon Rest Area - I65 SB: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Williamsport Falls: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Crown Mini-Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The MoundESE 103°221 m8.0 mi
Copeland HillWSW 257°206 m23.3 mi
Hog Back HillWSW 258°204 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2420:00
June solstice06:1820:4121:22
September equinox07:3619:1119:46
December solstice08:0816:4117:25

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516271747266544131
Precip in2.21.82.73.84.04.64.13.12.62.92.92.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lafayette Purdue Univ AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/361344831

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