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Richard Arthur Olsen Museum of Natural History

Richard Arthur Olsen Museum of Natural History from directly overhead

Richard Arthur Olsen Museum of Natural History is a museum in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 1,349 m. Twin Peaks stands 1,969 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Shoshone Bird Museum of Natural History, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.07053, -114.41213

Overlooks nearby

Around it

48 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 31
Parks: 7
  • Little Drops Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
  • Mary L Gooding Memorial Park: 9.2 mi
  • Becker Park: 23.3 mi
  • Camozzi Park: 23.4 mi
  • Gayle Forsyth Memorial Park: 23.8 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 9.5 mi
  • Shoshone Ice Caves: 15.5 mi
  • Jerome County Fairgrounds: 24.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Wurst Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Clay Bank Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Martin Spring: 16.7 mi
Museums: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Timmerman Rest Area: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Timmerman Rest Area: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Richard Arthur Olsen Museum of Natural History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin PeaksWNW 294°1,969 m24.7 mi
Skeeter PointNE 42°1,926 m20.9 mi
Fir Grove MountainWNW 295°1,889 m21.0 mi
Moonstone MountainN 353°1,869 m20.4 mi
Square MountainNNW 348°1,849 m22.3 mi
Horse MountainNNW 347°1,756 m13.0 mi
Johnson HillNW 314°1,730 m17.6 mi
Wrangle HillWNW 290°1,721 m22.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice05:5920:3821:21
September equinox07:2618:5919:37
December solstice08:0716:2017:06

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303544516069787666534031
Precip in1.60.91.10.81.10.60.20.30.50.81.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shoshone 1 WNW, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1190950416

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