Vent Haven Museum
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Vent Haven Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Iris Road Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Vent Haven Museum is an American museum of ventriloquial figures and memorabilia. It claims to be the only such museum in the world. The museum is located in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, five miles (8.0 km) south of Cincinnati. It opened in 1973. The museum is open seasonally, May through September, by appointment only. As of March 2022, the museum was closed for construction on a new facility. The museum is scheduled to reopen on May 9, 2023.
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Wikidata Q56305098, matched on coordinates and name (2 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 3.5 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 12.5 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Iris Road Park: 0.1 mi
- Beechwood Swim Club: 0.6 mi
- General Ormsby Mitchel Park: 0.7 mi
- Volunteer Park: 0.7 mi
- Crescent Park: 1.5 mi
- Big Boy: 0.9 mi
- Big Boy: 1.7 mi
- Kentucky Natural History: 3.3 mi
- The London Police: 3.3 mi
- Roebling Murals: 3.4 mi
- Batthery Bates: 1.5 mi
- Northern Kentucky 9/11 Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Kenton County Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Incinerator: 2.0 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Monument: 2.5 mi
- American football ball: 2.6 mi
- Carol Ann’s Carousel: 3.7 mi
- Labyrinth: 3.7 mi
- Rain Fountain: 3.7 mi
- Main Street Fountain: 3.8 mi
- Floral Paradise Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Pleasant Street North Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Over-The-Rhine People’s Garden: 4.7 mi
- Kay’s Garden: 4.8 mi
- Druffel Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Behringer-Crawford Museum at Devou: 2.1 mi
- Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati: 2.4 mi
- Ludlow Heritage Museum: 2.9 mi
- Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame: 3.6 mi
- Cincinnati Type & Print Museum: 3.6 mi
- Imago: 3.7 mi
- Theresa Street Reserve: 4.5 mi
- Glenway Woods: 4.5 mi
- Wolsing Trails & Wetlands: 6.8 mi
- Bracken Woods Brodbeck Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Orchard Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Echo: 3.0 mi
- Johns Hill: 4.5 mi
- Mount Adams: 4.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.8 mi
- Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 7.4 mi
- Area 22, Furnas Hill: 7.6 mi
- Area 23: 7.6 mi
- Area 26: 7.7 mi
- Area 33, Maple Ridge: 7.8 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 17.6 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 17.6 mi
- Simpkinsville: 23.0 mi
- Butterworth: 23.4 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vent Haven Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | N 351° | 319 m | 15.6 mi |
| Harrison Hill | NW 309° | 284 m | 21.0 mi |
| Harrison Hill | NW 311° | 279 m | 21.0 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | N 351° | 274 m | 24.6 mi |
| Whites Hill | NW 309° | 273 m | 23.0 mi |
| Orchard Hill | SE 129° | 268 m | 1.3 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | SE 146° | 267 m | 23.3 mi |
| Galley Hill | ENE 70° | 265 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:37 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati/northern Kentucky I, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/338159244
Day trips start here
- Fort Wright · 1 mi
- Covington · 2 mi
- Cincinnati · 4 mi
- Cincinnati/Downtown · 4 mi
- Newport · 4 mi
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 5 mi
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