Wilson Place Museum
Wilson Place Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Otteson Bluff stands 383 m to the north, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is LaPointe Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Wilson Place Museum is a house museum in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Today, the Wilson Place Museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the Wilsons and their descendants through three major architectural periods — Colonial, Queen Anne, and Mediterranean. Many of the original furnishings have remained at this site since 1846, providing an authentic window into the daily life of Menomonie’s early citizens.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2002.
Wikidata Q20710947, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- LaPointe Park: 0.1 mi
- Knapp Park: 0.4 mi
- Cedar-Rama Park: 0.4 mi
- Clock Tower Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Brickyard Nature Area: 0.5 mi
- Meadow Hill: 0.3 mi
- Harvey Hill: 0.5 mi
- Brewery Hill: 0.8 mi
- Tower Hill: 0.9 mi
- Hospital Hill: 1.0 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 2.5 mi
- Menomonie Town Forest: 3.0 mi
- Lake Menomin Fishery Area: 3.7 mi
- Bjornson Education & Recreation Center: 8.6 mi
- Muddy Creek Sedge Meadow State Natural Area: 9.2 mi
- Dunn County Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum: 1.6 mi
- Downsville Community Museum: 7.5 mi
- Woodhouse Family House: 10.8 mi
- Flick Log Cabin: 10.9 mi
- Gnome of the steps: 0.4 mi
- What You See Is What You Get: 0.6 mi
- Portal: 0.6 mi
- Gateway: 0.7 mi
- Borderline: 0.7 mi
- Dunn County Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Bell Monument: 0.8 mi
- Chippewa Valley White Pine Historic Marker: 2.0 mi
- World War I Historic Marker: 2.1 mi
- Dunnville Sandstone: 10.9 mi
- UW-Sprout: 0.2 mi
- 9/11 memorial: 0.8 mi
- Dunn County Jail Garden: 2.3 mi
- Friendship Garden: 12.3 mi
- Forest Street Garden: 21.2 mi
- Old Tyrone: 12.4 mi
- Welch Point: 13.1 mi
- Porter's Mills: 19.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 21.5 mi
- Nelsonville: 23.7 mi
- Echo Rock: 0.6 mi
- Yellow Bank: 14.8 mi
- 3rd Street Cliffs: 20.7 mi
- Limekiln Bluff: 21.3 mi
- brewery nønic: 0.5 mi
- Interpretive Center: 15.4 mi
- Crystal Cave: 16.2 mi
- Menomonie Eastbound Rest Area 61: 2.0 mi
- Menomonie Westbound Rest Area 62: 2.1 mi
- Wayside 46-07: 15.3 mi
- Wakanda Beach: 1.2 mi
- Tripp Falls: 1.9 mi
- Beckey Spring: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wilson Place Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otteson Bluff | N 10° | 383 m | 5.9 mi |
| Tuttle Hill | SW 230° | 372 m | 14.1 mi |
| Elk Mound | E 91° | 368 m | 11.9 mi |
| Weisinger Hill | SSW 210° | 354 m | 17.4 mi |
| Panther Hill | E 80° | 350 m | 10.4 mi |
| Ganoe Hill | SSW 200° | 350 m | 21.2 mi |
| Waubeek Mound | S 186° | 349 m | 13.8 mi |
| Gates Hill | SSW 204° | 345 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:13 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:41 | 16:30 |
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 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Menomonie, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/426703522
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