Medusa
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Medusa is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Twin Sisters stands 659 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Elephant Statue, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
The story
Medusa is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, Medusa opened in 2000 as the first floorless roller coaster on the West Coast. The roller coaster features seven inversions, a 150-foot (46 m)-tall lift hill with a 150-foot (46 m) drop, and the first sea serpent roll element ever built on a B&M roller coaster. The ride is the longest coaster in Northern California at 3,937 feet (1,200 m) long and is notable as having one of the largest vertical loops in the world at 128 feet (39 m). It also shares the height record in Northern California with another two rides in the same park, The Flash: Vertical Velocity, and Superman: Ultimate Flight at 150 feet (46 m) high.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q1916715, matched on coordinates and name (42 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Six Flags
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Elephant Statue: 0.1 mi
- Wooden Eagle: 3.6 mi
- The Spirit Ship: 4.6 mi
- Benicia Bench: 7.9 mi
- Infinity: 8.0 mi
- Our Ocean Friends: 0.1 mi
- Wonder Woman Sign: 0.2 mi
- Drench! Dolphin Show: 0.2 mi
- Dolphin Underwater Viewing: 0.2 mi
- Sea Lion Stadium: 0.2 mi
- North Vallejo Park: 0.4 mi
- Dan Foley Park: 0.5 mi
- Crest Ranch Park: 0.6 mi
- Borges Ranch Park: 0.8 mi
- Setterquist Park: 0.8 mi
- Lakeview West: 0.4 mi
- Lakeview East: 0.4 mi
- Meadows: 0.5 mi
- Willow Glen: 0.6 mi
- Mountain View: 0.6 mi
- Vallejo Heights: 2.4 mi
- Sulphur Springs Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Oat Hill: 3.5 mi
- Suribachi Hill: 6.4 mi
- Red Top: 6.5 mi
- First U.S. Naval Station in the Pacific: 2.7 mi
- Battle Station Torpedo: 3.1 mi
- Site of State Capitol at Vallejo Floor Plaque: 3.1 mi
- Pillar of the Future: 3.6 mi
- Turner / Robertson Shipyard: 6.2 mi
- Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
- USS LCS(L) 102: 3.2 mi
- Crockett Historical Museum: 5.9 mi
- Benicia Capitol: 7.5 mi
- Museum of History, Benicia - Downtown: 7.5 mi
- Farragut Plaza: 3.6 mi
- Forrest Deaner Native Plant Botanic Garden: 5.6 mi
- Port Costa Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Culinary Garden: 8.0 mi
- Martha Walker Habitat Garden: 9.6 mi
- Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Southampton Bay Wetland Natural Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Rodeo Grounds: 6.0 mi
- Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Golden Hills Unit: 6.5 mi
- Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Garibaldi Unit: 6.7 mi
- Point Molate Beach: 16.8 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 17.0 mi
- Keller Beach: 17.3 mi
- Albany Beach: 18.0 mi
- San Quentin Beach: 19.3 mi
- Sulfur Springs: 5.5 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 22.0 mi
- Peach Tree Spring: 22.2 mi
- Soto Springs: 22.3 mi
- Worn Springs: 22.5 mi
- Green Valley Falls: 9.9 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 14.1 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 14.6 mi
- Buck Gulch Falls: 20.2 mi
- Dawn Falls: 22.7 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 17.4 mi
- Stags Leap: 19.8 mi
- Rock Fort: 20.5 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 22.1 mi
- Turtle Rock: 24.6 mi
- Quarters A: 24.0 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 24.1 mi
- Rest Stop: 7.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Medusa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Sisters | NNE 16° | 659 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount George | N 3° | 572 m | 13.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf | N 5° | 499 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 323° | 497 m | 17.6 mi |
| Briones Peak | SSE 158° | 452 m | 15.2 mi |
| Motts Peak | SSE 161° | 434 m | 14.5 mi |
| Russell Peak | SSE 162° | 413.614 m | 16.2 mi |
| Costa Peak | SSE 165° | 376 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 65 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vallejo, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/737115243
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