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Rushford Depoy Museum

Rushford Depoy Museum from directly overhead

Rushford Depoy Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Sugar Loaf stands 370 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rushford Depot Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway runs past it. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

railway station in Rushford, Minnesota

Dates from 1867.

Wikidata Q115152633, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.80705, -91.75519

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North End City Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sylvan Park: 12.6 mi
  • Bass Pond Park: 12.7 mi
  • Lewiston Prairie Trails Park: 12.8 mi
  • Beaver Creek Valley State Park: 14.1 mi
Museums: 20
Peaks: 17
  • Cushings Peak: 6.5 mi
  • Black Hammer Bluff: 15.1 mi
  • Sugar Loaf: 16.6 mi
  • Trempealeau Mountain: 19.6 mi
  • Brady's Bluff: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Attractions: 8
  • Schechs Mill: 13.0 mi
  • Preston Veteran's Memorial: 18.6 mi
  • Winona County Fairgrounds: 19.5 mi
  • Monster Bash Inc: 21.6 mi
  • Band Shell: 21.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Whispering Hills Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Highway 76 Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Little Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • USCGC Winona: 17.1 mi
  • Fillmore County WWI Memorial Entrance: 18.6 mi
  • Mississippi River Parkway: First Project: 21.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 21.7 mi
Artworks: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar LoafNNE 23°370 m16.6 mi
Eagle PointN 1°342 m24.7 mi
Chimney RockNW 320°318 m22.3 mi
Inspiration PointNW 319°316 m22.0 mi
Coyote PointNW 319°316 m22.4 mi
Eagle PointNW 319°310 m22.6 mi
Signal PointNW 318°310 m22.9 mi
Owl HeadN 1°207 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:2620:0920:53
September equinox06:5518:2819:06
December solstice07:3915:4616:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151931455667716861483522
Precip in1.11.11.83.94.65.74.34.74.02.81.71.3

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/588820709

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