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Webster County Historical Museum

Webster County Historical Museum from directly overhead

Webster County Historical Museum is a museum in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 528 m. Lookout Mountain stands 624 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Willa Cather House, a museum 0.4 miles away. Heritage Highway runs past it. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
528 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.08922, -98.52799

28 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 11
Museums: 4
Peaks: 2
Historic sites: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Starke Round Barn: 4.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainW 261°624 m20.2 mi
The IslandSE 138°537 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1119:46
June solstice06:0620:2721:07
September equinox07:2218:5719:33
December solstice07:5416:2917:12

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506172777566523828
Precip in0.50.61.32.24.23.63.93.42.02.01.10.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Cloud, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1270578008

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