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Twine Ball Museum

Twine Ball Museum from directly overhead

Twine Ball Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 345 m. Mt Aral stands 421 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 28 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates45.09639, -94.40998

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Project: 0.1 mi
  • Sportsman's Park: 3.1 mi
  • Manuella County Park: 3.2 mi
  • Spring Lake Park: 5.2 mi
  • Meeker County OHV Park: 5.2 mi
Museums: 11
Historic sites: 7
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Litchfiel Civil War Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Chief Little Crow: 7.8 mi
  • Tank: 14.2 mi
  • Hutchinson Brothers: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 0.0 mi
  • Minnesota Pioneer Park: 18.3 mi
  • A maze'n Farmyard: 18.7 mi
Peaks: 3
  • King's Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Mt Aral: 17.9 mi
  • Hurrle Peak: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt AralNNE 15°421 m17.9 mi
Hurrle PeakNNE 28°370 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5119:30
June solstice05:3120:2421:09
September equinox07:0518:3819:17
December solstice07:5415:5016:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101427435666716860453017
Precip in0.80.81.52.63.74.63.84.13.02.61.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Litchfield, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1396637982

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