Washburn Area Historical Society Museum
Washburn Area Historical Society Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Saint Peters Dome stands 452 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Legion Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway runs past it. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Washburn Area Historical Society
How to reach it
- On the Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway, National
122 named places within 25 miles
- Legion Park: 0.1 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.2 mi
- City Hall Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Jackie's Field Park: 0.3 mi
- Washburn Athletic Field Complex: 0.3 mi
- The Ashland Oredock: 5.7 mi
- Young Elephant: 6.5 mi
- Ventaglio (Fan): 6.5 mi
- Exercises: 6.5 mi
- Chat: 6.5 mi
- Washburn School Forest and Environmental Education Center: 1.4 mi
- South Shore Road Park: 7.8 mi
- Forest Park: 9.2 mi
- Big Ravine Nature Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Fire Hill: 11.2 mi
- Ashland Historical Society Museum: 5.7 mi
- Madeline Island Museum: 8.9 mi
- Madeline Island Heritage Center: 9.0 mi
- Bayfield Maritime Museum: 10.0 mi
- Bayfield Heritage Museum: 10.2 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
- Siskiwit Falls: 16.0 mi
- Lower Potato River Falls: 22.5 mi
- Morgan Falls: 22.6 mi
- Upper Potato River Falls: 22.6 mi
- The Edmund Fitzgerald: 0.4 mi
- Finn Settlement: 4.0 mi
- Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy: 5.1 mi
- Radisson - Grosseilliers Fort: 6.4 mi
- Northland College: 6.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.4 mi
- Zen Garden: 6.4 mi
- Medicine Garden: 6.5 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Garden: 9.0 mi
- Inga Klinger Memorial Garden: 10.0 mi
- Locomotive 950: 5.8 mi
- Tsuga Lumps: 7.9 mi
- Ashland County Fairgrounds: 17.7 mi
- Twilite: 18.8 mi
- Artesian Well: 19.2 mi
- Mount Ashwabay: 7.5 mi
- Mount Valhalla: 8.1 mi
- Saint Peters Dome: 22.2 mi
- Fish Creek Spring: 8.3 mi
- Sajdak Springs: 22.2 mi
- Broad Street Beach: 9.9 mi
- Buffalo Bay Beach: 13.4 mi
- Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light: 3.3 mi
- Clay Banks: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Washburn Area Historical Society Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Peters Dome | S 181° | 452 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Valhalla | WNW 292° | 412 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Ashwabay | N 352° | 400 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:36 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:14 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:23 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:28 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 16 | 27 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 32 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bayfield Fish Hatchery, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/9359582868
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