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Winter Park Historical Museum

Winter Park Historical Museum, a museum in Florida
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Winter Park Historical Museum, a museum in Florida
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Winter Park Historical Museum, a museum in Florida
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Winter Park Historical Museum, a museum in Florida
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Winter Park Historical Museum, a museum in Florida
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Winter Park Historical Museum, a museum in Florida
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Winter Park Historical Museum is a museum in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 94 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Alfred J. Hanna Mini Park, a park 0.2 miles away. GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY passes 14 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Winter Park History Museum, also known as the Winter Park Historical Museum, is a local history museum in Winter Park, Orange County, Florida. It is operated by the Winter Park Historical Association and located in a former railroad freight depot. The museum's collections of historic artifacts include area schools, medical and military items, vintage postcards and photographs, Boy Scout items, and items of local businesses and industries. Exhibitions have included local area history subjects such as area railroads, the history and culture of the turpentine industry, Winter Park High School history, and the city's Colony Theatre (Winter Park, Florida).

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1995.

Wikidata Q16947169, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
28 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates28.59555, -81.35231

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alfred J. Hanna Mini Park: 0.2 mi
  • Shady Park: 0.3 mi
  • Dinky Dock Park: 0.5 mi
  • Azalea Lane Recreation Center: 0.7 mi
  • Alberta/Cortland Mini Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Miracles of Jesus 6: 1.6 mi
  • Miracles of Jesus 5: 1.6 mi
  • Miracles of Jesus 4: 1.6 mi
  • Miracles of Jesus 3: 1.6 mi
  • Miracles of Jesus 2: 1.6 mi
Attractions
Springs: 48
  • Sanlando Springs: 6.9 mi
  • Palm Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Ginger Ale Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Starbuck Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Stephan Spring: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 36
Museums: 35
Nature reserves: 32
Gardens: 29
  • Virginia S Nelson Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Miracle Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Jim Houser Azalea Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Lake Davis Greenwood Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Reiter Park Butterfly Garden: 7.3 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Big Thunder Mountain: 18.6 mi
  • Hillard Island: 19.0 mi
  • Mount Mayday: 19.2 mi
  • Buck Point Mound: 20.4 mi
  • Palmer-Taylor Mound: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Baldwin Park Beach: 2.1 mi
  • The Sandbox: 16.7 mi
  • Conrad Beach: 16.7 mi
  • South Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Howling Dog Beach: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Silver Creek Falls: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Central Florida Bible Camp: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainW 279°94 m23.4 mi
Mount EverestSW 221°60 m21.7 mi
Mount GushmoreSW 219°57 m21.6 mi
Big Thunder MountainSW 229°32 m18.6 mi
Mount MaydaySW 214°29 m19.2 mi
Hillard IslandS 173°23.7 m19.0 mi
Dick IslandS 180°19.8 m24.4 mi
Buck Point MoundENE 79°3 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0619:37
June solstice06:2919:5220:27
September equinox07:1518:5219:23
December solstice07:1516:5817:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626468737882848482766964
Precip in2.62.12.72.73.78.28.17.76.63.21.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orlando Executive AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367827612

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