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Tongass Historical Museum

Tongass Historical Museum from directly overhead

Tongass Historical Museum is a museum in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Mahoney Mountain stands 1,015 m to the northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Raven Stealing The Sun, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 1.1 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Ketchikan Museums
Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates55.34261, -131.64369

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks: 19
Parks: 8
  • Whale Park: 0.1 mi
  • Eagle Park: 0.2 mi
  • Totem Heritage Museum Park: 0.4 mi
  • City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Alder Park: 2.1 mi
Attractions: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Refuge cove: 6.5 mi
  • South Point Higgins Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Coast Guard Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Refuge beach: 12.1 mi
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Raven Stealing The Sun: 0.0 mi
  • Lost at Sea Memorial: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Grassy Point Picnic Site: 5.2 mi
  • Ward Lake Day Use Area: 5.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Tongass Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mahoney MountainNE 46°1,015 m5.4 mi
Northbird MountainNE 56°1,003 m3.7 mi
John MountainNE 36°987 m4.6 mi
Roy Jones MountainENE 57°944 m3.4 mi
Twin PeaksENE 72°942 m5.6 mi
Achilles MountainE 79°919 m3.9 mi
Deer MountainE 89°915 m1.8 mi
Brown MountainN 3°908 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1219:00
June solstice04:0520:3021:33
September equinox06:3317:5918:47
December solstice08:1314:0215:18

Local time (America/Sitka).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363740455257606155484037
Precip in17.611.112.69.57.25.96.511.217.719.119.519.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver Falls, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/416172166

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