Wilder Home Museum
Wilder Home Museum is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 438 m. Lead Hill stands 529 m to the west, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Laura Ingalls Wilder House, a museum 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 148 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 148.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 21.3 mi off the Glade Top Trail
- 24.3 mi off the Blue Buck Knob Scenic Byway
- 24.9 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
Overlooks nearby
- Smoke Tree Scenic Vista · 23 mi
- Watershed Divide Scenic Vista · 26 mi
- Caney Overlook · 27 mi
78 named places within 25 miles
- Lead Hill: 3.9 mi
- Mary Gray Hill: 5.8 mi
- Pleasant Knob: 8.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 12.1 mi
- Table Rock Knob: 13.7 mi
- Town Square: 1.0 mi
- South Park: 11.4 mi
- Ava City Park: 11.6 mi
- Odin Woods Fork Public Fishing Access: 12.0 mi
- Seymour State Wildlife Management Area: 13.1 mi
- Callaway Riley Spring: 10.0 mi
- Coon Spring: 10.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 11.7 mi
- Hoffmeister Spring: 12.8 mi
- Days Spring: 16.2 mi
- Carl Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Grave: 1.4 mi
- Rose Wilder's Grave: 1.4 mi
- Doug Jones Grave: 1.4 mi
- Giant Buffalo: 1.8 mi
- Cabool Towersite: 23.7 mi
- Lamberson Memorial Conservation Area: 24.2 mi
- Laura Ingalls Wilder House: 0.1 mi
- Laura Ingals Wilder Statue: 1.0 mi
- White Hart Renaissance Fair: 12.9 mi
- Sweden Fork Natural Bridge: 16.5 mi
- Arkansas View Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wilder Home Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Hill | W 272° | 529 m | 3.9 mi |
| Keyger Mountain | WSW 245° | 508 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mary Gray Hill | E 85° | 502 m | 5.8 mi |
| Pleasant Knob | NW 325° | 495 m | 8.8 mi |
| Lead Hill | E 83° | 495 m | 20.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 232° | 460 m | 12.1 mi |
| Coon Knob Hill | SSW 192° | 445 m | 16.2 mi |
| Bald Knob Mountain | E 87° | 434 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:17 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mansfield, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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