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Twin Falls County Museum

Twin Falls County Museum from directly overhead

Twin Falls County Museum is a museum in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 1,135 m. Grand View Peak stands 2,197 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Creek Park, a park 2.2 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway runs past it. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1135 m

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.56355, -114.54977

125 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
  • Rock Creek Park: 2.2 mi
  • Rock Creek Trails Estates: 2.2 mi
  • Rock Creek Park: 2.2 mi
  • Sunway Soccer Complex: 2.4 mi
  • Fairway Estates: 2.4 mi
Peaks: 22
Springs: 18
  • Nat Soo Pah Hot Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Sugarloaf Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Hoops Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Moonshine Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Huja Patezopai’I: 17.7 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • CSI Tower: 4.0 mi
  • Evel Knievel Monument: 5.4 mi
  • IB Perrine Monument: 5.4 mi
  • Twins Statue: 5.5 mi
  • Honor Roll: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Evel Knievel Jump Site: 6.9 mi
  • Shoshone Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Jerome County Fairgrounds: 11.3 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 20.8 mi
  • Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Rose Garden: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Ritter Island: 19.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grand View PeakSSE 149°2,197 m24.8 mi
Wooden Shoe ButteSE 146°2,066 m24.2 mi
SugarloafSE 146°1,748 m17.2 mi
FlatironS 177°1,595 m23.9 mi
Emery ButteSW 221°1,532 m23.6 mi
Secret Cabin ButteSW 227°1,435 m21.8 mi
Berger ButteSSW 203°1,430 m10.3 mi
Hub ButteSSE 159°1,404 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:51
June solstice06:0220:3721:20
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0616:2317:09

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313544495966757364523931
Precip in1.00.80.91.01.20.70.20.30.30.70.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Falls-kmvt, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/358669142

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