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Woolaroc Museum

Woolaroc Museum from directly overhead

Woolaroc Museum is a museum in Oklahoma, at a recorded elevation of 280 m. Phinney Hill stands 327 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Woolaroc Wildlife Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Osage Nation Heritage Trail Byway passes 5.5 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

The story

museum and wildlife preserve in Oklahoma, U.S

Dates from 1925.

Wikidata Q3334817, matched on coordinates and name (39 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
280 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates36.66345, -96.10935

85 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 42
  • Osage Hills State Park: 6.3 mi
  • South Side Park: 8.3 mi
  • Douglass Park: 8.6 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 9.0 mi
  • Phillips 66 Plaza Park: 9.3 mi
Museums: 10
  • Frank Phillips Home: 9.2 mi
  • Phillips 66 Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Bartlesville Area History Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Osage County Historical Society Museum: 12.3 mi
  • Osage Nation: 12.3 mi
Peaks: 8
Artworks: 8
  • Flying Eagle: 9.2 mi
  • Blind Man at the Pool of Siloam: 9.2 mi
  • Buffalo: 9.7 mi
  • Old Tank: 12.3 mi
  • Train Car: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Bartlesville Gravity Hill: 6.7 mi
  • AT&SF NO.940: 9.5 mi
  • Healing Rock: 21.6 mi
  • Drummond Lodge: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 2
  • The South Garden: 9.1 mi
  • The Rose Garden: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Bluestem Lake Public Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Tall Chief Cove Beach: 23.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Woolaroc Wildlife Preserve: 0.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bluestem Lake Falls: 15.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Phinney HillWSW 249°327 m20.0 mi
Wooster MoundWSW 250°320 m12.3 mi
Artillery MountainNNW 342°310 m22.6 mi
Twin MoundsNW 317°309 m11.4 mi
Blue MoundNE 56°305 m19.1 mi
Sundown HillNNE 12°286 m16.7 mi
The MoundNE 44°263 m8.7 mi
Twin MoundsSE 129°252 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:37
June solstice06:0720:0920:47
September equinox07:1318:4919:23
December solstice07:3416:3317:13

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374151606977828172614939

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barnsdall, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/523526933

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