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The Museum at Fort Ancient

The Museum at Fort Ancient from directly overhead

The Museum at Fort Ancient is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Horner Hill stands 344 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Olive Branch Fairy Garden, a garden 1.5 miles away. Accommodation Line Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

park in Ohio, United States of America, United States of America

Wikidata Q5470727, matched on coordinates and name (154 m apart).

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.40672, -84.08911

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums: 41
Artworks: 39
Attractions: 32
Gardens: 23
Nature reserves: 19
Picnic sites: 7
  • The Mercado: 10.4 mi
  • Patio: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 10.7 mi
  • Vortex: 10.7 mi
  • Firehawk: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Horseshoe Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Crawdad Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 18.9 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Chill Hill: 14.9 mi
  • Little Mount: 15.4 mi
  • Galley Hill: 18.7 mi
  • Horner Hill: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Caesar Creek State Park Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Cowan Lake Public Beach: 10.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horner HillESE 122°344 m24.1 mi
Little MountNW 319°286 m15.4 mi
Galley HillSSW 198°265 m18.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1319:49
June solstice06:1020:2721:07
September equinox07:2519:0019:35
December solstice07:5416:3417:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342546472757367564435
Precip in3.32.94.14.54.84.54.13.43.03.43.33.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Wilmington, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/69027314

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