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Stearns History Museum

Stearns History Museum from directly overhead

Stearns History Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 323 m. Mt Aral stands 421 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

archive organization in Saint Cloud, United States

Dates from 1936.

Wikidata Q30258270, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.54766, -94.20276

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
  • St. Cloud Skate Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lion's Park: 0.7 mi
  • Carlin Park: 0.8 mi
  • Rotary Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule: 1.7 mi
  • Maple Sugar Shack: 8.7 mi
  • Saint John's Pottery Studio: 9.7 mi
  • Stoney Brook Farms: 13.6 mi
  • Minnesota Pioneer Park: 20.7 mi
Historic sites: 5
Museums: 4
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Hurrle Peak: 11.0 mi
  • Mt Aral: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Quarry 20 picnic area: 1.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • SCSU Logo: 2.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt AralSSW 201°421 m14.9 mi
Hurrle PeakS 177°370 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5019:29
June solstice05:2920:2421:10
September equinox07:0418:3719:16
December solstice07:5515:4716:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121629435666706860463118
Precip in0.70.81.62.63.73.83.64.03.02.61.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Cloud Rgnl AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/881047397

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