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WonderLab Museum

WonderLab Museum, a museum in Indiana
WonderLab Museum, a museum in IndianaNyttend · Public domain
WonderLab Museum, a museum in Indiana
Nyttend · Public domain
WonderLab Museum, a museum in Indiana
Nyttend · Public domain
WonderLab Museum, a museum in Indiana
Nyttend · Public domain
WonderLab Museum, a museum in Indiana
Nyttend · Public domain
WonderLab Museum, a museum in Indiana
Nyttend · Public domain

WonderLab Museum is a museum in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 230 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wonderlab Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

The WonderLab Museum of Science, Health & Technology is a science museum located in the city of Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It was incorporated in 1995 as a private 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. WonderLab is a member of the Association of Science-Technology Centers.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1995.

Wikidata Q8031716, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.16594, -86.53668
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Waldron, Hill and Buskirk Park (Third Street Park): 0.3 mi
  • Building Trades Park: 0.4 mi
  • Seminary Square Park: 0.4 mi
  • People's Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rev. Ernest D. Butler Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 35
Historic sites: 28
Artworks: 16
Attractions: 10
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Wonderlab Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Butler Park Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 1.0 mi
  • Selma Steele’s garden: 10.4 mi
  • Interpretive Garden: 16.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Scoutcraft: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Eagle Quest: 9.8 mi
  • Shady Pines Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Public Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascades Falls: 1.9 mi
  • McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 13.1 mi
  • Upper Cataract Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Lower Cataract Falls: 24.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Paynetown Beach: 8.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of WonderLab Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillE 90°322 m17.1 mi
Bearwallow HillENE 71°313 m18.1 mi
Hohen PointE 95°307.8 m16.7 mi
Hesitation PointE 89°306 m16.1 mi
Cooks HillNE 46°292 m16.4 mi
Maple HillENE 68°291 m12.6 mi
Mount NeboNNE 32°291 m19.6 mi
Baughman HillENE 68°287 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2319:58
June solstice06:2120:3621:16
September equinox07:3419:1019:45
December solstice08:0316:4517:27

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293342536372757467554334
Precip in3.82.93.75.25.45.44.63.43.83.83.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomington Indiana Univ, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/282562763

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