Simon Paneak Memorial Museum
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Simon Paneak Memorial Museum is a museum in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 660 m. Marshmallow Mountain stands 2,127 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ingstad Mountain, a peak 3.7 miles away. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
The Simon Paneak Memorial Museum is an ethnographic museum in Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska that documents and interprets the material history, traditions, and culture of the Nunamiut people, who are inland Iñupiat, or the Alaska Inuit. The museum was established in 1986 and named after Simon Paneak (1900 - 1975), a local historian and ecologist who worked with scholars such as Laurence Irving to document and preserve the knowledge of the Nunamiut and the Arctic environment. The museum is located in a log building in Anaktuvuk and, as of 2005, saw over 1,000 patrons every summer. The museum's exhibit features 1000 square feet of exhibit space and details the environmental conditions of the Brooks Range, the history and recent settlement of the Nunamiut, and both historic and modern items used by the people, including hunting gear, sleds, traditional clothing, a tupiq (caribou skin tent), caribou skin masks, and other implements. The exhibit also documents the 1949 Long Walk that lead to the subsequent settlement of the Nunamiut into Anaktuvuk Pass. The museum also hosts the Hans Van Der Laan Brooks Range Library Collection, which features thousands of scientific and research references relating to the Brooks Range and Inuit anthropology, sociology, and linguistics. The collection also consists of photos and collections data, especially of seasonal migratory paths of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd on which the Nunamiut subsist. The curator is Charles Sollie Hugo.
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Wikidata Q136595333, matched on coordinates and name (3 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
25 named places within 25 miles
- Ingstad Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Soakpak Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Napaktualuit Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Kollutuk Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Three River Mountain: 7.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Simon Paneak Memorial Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshmallow Mountain | ENE 76° | 2,127 m | 23.0 mi |
| Alapah Mountain | E 87° | 2,072 m | 23.6 mi |
| Inualurak Mountain | WNW 291° | 2,060 m | 13.0 mi |
| Inupiat Mountain | W 272° | 2,026 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount MacVicar | W 273° | 2,021 m | 21.9 mi |
| Rumbling Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,984 m | 17.5 mi |
| Nunamuit Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,978 m | 8.4 mi |
| Gray Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,928 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:07 | 19:09 | 20:24 |
| June solstice | Midnight sun | — | — |
| September equinox | 07:49 | 18:57 | 20:12 |
| December solstice | Polar night | — | — |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Inside the official boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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