The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 128 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Formerly the Texas School Book Depository Building, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 5.9 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is a museum located on the sixth floor of the Dallas County Administration Building, formerly the Texas School Book Depository, in downtown Dallas, Texas, overlooking Dealey Plaza at the intersection of Elm and Houston Streets. The museum examines the life and times of United States President John F. Kennedy, as well as his assassination, and legacy, and the life of Lee Harvey Oswald, as well as the various conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination.
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Dates from 1989-02-20.
Wikidata Q3498048, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 128 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- This Place, Everywhere: 0.1 mi
- George Dealey Statue: 0.1 mi
- Harrow: 0.3 mi
- Journey to Sirius: 0.3 mi
- Gateway Stele: 0.3 mi
- Dealey Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Founders Plaza: 0.1 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Martyr's Park: 0.1 mi
- West End Square: 0.2 mi
- Reunion Tower: 0.3 mi
- Giant Eye: 0.6 mi
- Katy Trail Caboose: 1.5 mi
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 1.6 mi
- concrete hamburger: 1.8 mi
- Nasher Sculpture Garden: 0.8 mi
- Meditation Foundation Maze: 0.8 mi
- Deep Ellum Urban Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Liberty Street Garden: 1.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.4 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 3.1 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Joppa Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Trinity River Audubon Center: 8.0 mi
- McCommas Bluff Preserve: 8.4 mi
- La Reunion: 3.2 mi
- Sowers: 11.1 mi
- Lawson: 15.1 mi
- Camey Spur: 21.3 mi
- Nickelville: 23.1 mi
- Chalk Hill: 5.3 mi
- Flower Mound: 22.1 mi
- Mount Donwell: 23.4 mi
- Murray Hill: 24.8 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 2.8 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 5.9 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- McKamy Spring: 12.0 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 22.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.7 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 6.0 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 16.6 mi
- Muddy Creek: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Donwell | WNW 294° | 218 m | 23.4 mi |
| Murray Hill | WSW 248° | 209 m | 24.8 mi |
| Chalk Hill | WSW 244° | 202 m | 5.3 mi |
| Flower Mound | NW 317° | 202 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 87 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dallas FAA AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368164983
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