Vilas County Historical Museum
Vilas County Historical Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 509 m. Military Hill stands 560 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Snowmobile, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Heritage Drive passes 22 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
Take a walk into the past... Military Exhibit, Logging Exhibits, Clothing, Toys, Dolls, CCC Photos, Wild Animal Display, Fishing Guides, Outboard Motors and the first Snowmobile. Exhibits, photographs and memorabilia portraying the History of Vilas County
What to expect
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Heritage Drive
123 named places within 25 miles
- Sayner Park: 0.4 mi
- Plum Lake Hemlock Forest State Natural Area: 2.8 mi
- Bittersweet Lakes State Natural Area: 5.2 mi
- Escanaba Lake Hemlocks State Natural Area: 5.4 mi
- Trout Lake Conifer Swamp State Natural Area: 6.3 mi
- Aurora Lake State Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Allequash Lake And Pines State Natural Area: 5.7 mi
- Vilas County Forest- Mud Minnow Unit: 6.9 mi
- Vilas County Forest- Snipe Lake Unit: 8.1 mi
- Lakeland Union High School Forest: 9.1 mi
- World's Largest Penny: 10.2 mi
- Budgie Encounter: 12.2 mi
- White-handed Gibbon: 12.2 mi
- Mountian Lion: 12.2 mi
- Woodchuck: 12.2 mi
- Nature Center: 4.3 mi
- Doctor Kate Pelham Newcomb Museum: 10.2 mi
- Minocqua Museum: 11.8 mi
- Waswagoning: 14.0 mi
- Northwoods Childrens Museum & Discovery Store: 14.1 mi
- Snowmobile: 0.0 mi
- First Forest Patrol Flight: 7.6 mi
- M60A3 Patton Tank: 9.9 mi
- Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb 7/26/1886 - 5/30/1956: 10.2 mi
- World's Largest Penny: 10.2 mi
- Cedar Falls: 21.8 mi
- Kakabika Falls: 24.5 mi
- Kakabika Falls: 24.5 mi
- Kakabika Falls: 24.5 mi
- Kakabika Falls: 24.6 mi
- Brandy Beach: 10.1 mi
- Torpy Park Beach: 11.5 mi
- Hodag Beach: 23.7 mi
- Langford Lake Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Clark Lake Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Military Hill: 22.4 mi
- Jack Pine Lookout Tower: 24.8 mi
- Gateway Roadside Park: 20.2 mi
- Hodag: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vilas County Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Military Hill | ENE 76° | 560 m | 22.4 mi |
| Jack Pine Lookout Tower | SSW 211° | 479 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:31 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:07 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 15:26 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 10 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 43 | 29 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Germain, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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