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Sitka History Museum

Sitka History Museum from directly overhead

Sitka History Museum is a museum in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Ante Peak stands 1,503 m to the northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Shee-atika Corporation Totem Pole, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 5.8 miles off. 105 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.

The story

consolidated city-borough in Alaska, United States of America

Dates from 1799.

Wikidata Q79804, matched on coordinates and name (451 m apart).

What to expect

Operated by
Sitka Historical Society

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates57.04956, -135.33201

105 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 51
  • Harbor Peak: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Verstovia: 2.6 mi
  • Gavan Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Harbor Mountain: 3.1 mi
Historic sites: 30
Parks: 8
Attractions: 5
Gardens: 4
  • St. Peter's Fellowship Farm: 0.2 mi
  • Fine Arts Camp Compost Garden Project: 0.4 mi
  • Chicken Coop: 0.5 mi
  • Blatchley Community Garden: 0.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sage Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Indian River Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Bear Mountain Waterfall: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Sitka National Historical Park: 0.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ante PeakNE 53°1,503 m7.4 mi
Mount BassieE 87°1,355 m11.1 mi
Mount RadamakerESE 119°1,317 m22.1 mi
Mount KatlianNE 34°1,312 m8.7 mi
Annahootz MountainN 2°1,311 m16.5 mi
Bear MountainE 90°1,239 m6.4 mi
Cupola PeakESE 109°1,212 m8.9 mi
East SisterNE 50°1,165 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:2519:15
June solstice04:0720:5322:01
September equinox06:4718:1219:02
December solstice08:3913:5415:21

Local time (America/Sitka).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333436414752555651443734
Precip in9.66.56.45.04.03.65.59.613.814.812.111.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sitka 1 NE, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6386893326

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