J Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum

J Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum is a museum in , which is located on Wallace Street and has an elevation of 5,791 feet. J Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum is situated nearby to the protected area .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Also known as: “J Spencer Watkins Museum” and “J. Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum”
  • Address: 219 Wallace Street, Virginia City, MT 59755

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nevada City and Virginia City Historic District.

is an unincorporated community in , , United States. In the 1860s, it was one of two centers of commerce in what was known as one of the richest gold strikes in the Rocky Mountain West, along with its sister city .

Protected area
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The is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing , , United States. Designated in 1966, the district includes over two hundred nineteenth-century buildings, representing the site of a major gold strike and the capital of Montana for ten years. is situated 590 feet east of J Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Virginia City.

Photo: SchmuckyTheCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small town in . When gold was discovered nearby in Alder Creek, it became a "Wild West" boomtown in the ensuing gold rush.

J Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum

Latitude
45.29342° or 45° 17′ 36″ north
Longitude
-111.9467° or 111° 56′ 48″ west
Elevation
5,791 feet (1,765 metres)
Open location code
85QC73V3+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3627605693
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
5659279
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