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Yakima Valley Museum

Yakima Valley Museum from directly overhead

Yakima Valley Museum is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 344 m. Jumpoff Joe stands 1,728 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Franklin Park, a park 0.1 miles away. OREGON BORDER TO JCT SR 82 VIC UNION GAP passes 4.8 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Yakima Valley Museum is a 65,000-square-foot (6,000 m2) facility offers historical exhibits on the Yakima Valley—its natural history, American Indian culture, pioneer life, early city life, and the roots and development of the Valley's fruit industry.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1952.

Wikidata Q8047105, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.59298, -120.53780
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Franklin Park: 0.1 mi
  • Tieton Terrace Park: 0.3 mi
  • Rosalma Garden Club Park: 0.4 mi
  • Larson Park: 0.6 mi
  • Portia Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Pleasant Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Selah Heights: 5.0 mi
  • Naches Heights: 6.0 mi
  • Pushtay: 8.5 mi
  • Wenas Mammoth Mountain: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 11
Cliffs: 8
  • Lookout Point: 2.7 mi
  • Royal Columns: 15.8 mi
  • The Bend: 16.3 mi
  • Moon Rocks: 17.7 mi
  • Pacman rock: 18.4 mi
Museums: 7
  • Yakima Valley Trolleys: 1.3 mi
  • McAllister Museum/Civil Air Patrol: 1.7 mi
  • McAllister Museum of Aviation: 1.7 mi
  • Jewett Interpretive Center: 3.1 mi
  • Central Washington Agricultural Museum: 4.6 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Kara Kondo Dryland Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Xeric Garden Demonstration Site: 3.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Rock Border Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Joyful Garden: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Attractions: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Olney Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Sorenson Spring: 21.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • J.J Weisenberger Spanish American war memorial statue: 1.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jumpoff JoeW 279°1,728.2 m23.7 mi
Jump Off LookoutW 279°1,666 m23.7 mi
Cleman MountainNW 317°1,559.1 m22.0 mi
Pine MountainW 268°1,310 m17.3 mi
Toppenish MountainSSW 196°1,099 m23.0 mi
Cowiche MountainW 278°1,001 m13.1 mi
Baldy MountainNNE 20°983 m15.2 mi
Selah ButteNNE 28°915 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3519:15
June solstice05:1020:1321:00
September equinox06:5018:2219:02
December solstice07:4415:2716:18

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333946536167747365524032
Precip in1.20.90.70.60.80.60.20.20.30.70.91.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yakima #2, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/575005589

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