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Ainsley House

Ainsley House from directly overhead

Ainsley House is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Campbell Historical Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

The story

Historic house museum in Campbell, California, United States.

Dates from 1925.

Wikidata Q4697483, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Operated by
Campbell Historical Museum & Ainsley House Foundation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.28875, -121.94364

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Attractions
Parks
  • Hyde Park: 0.2 mi
  • El Patio HOA Park: 0.3 mi
  • Campbell Park: 0.3 mi
  • Campbell Community Center: 0.4 mi
  • Joseph Gomes Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Lone Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Communications Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Blossom Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Almaden Meadows Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Collords Peak: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Misora Secret Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • CNGF Native Plant Farm: 3.3 mi
  • Peace Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Life Lab: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 56
  • Bank of Campbell: 0.1 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 3.5 mi
  • Sons of San José: 3.9 mi
  • Shir Hadash Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
  • San Jose/Santa Clara Valley Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 50
Beaches: 46
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 23
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 12
  • Graffiti Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 9.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 9.5 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 21.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 22.9 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 23.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Ainsley House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaSSE1,154 m13.4 mi
Crystal PeakSSE1,097 m13.5 mi
Mount UmunhumSSE1,063 m9.2 mi
Mount ThayerS1,061 m8.7 mi
Mount ChualSSE1,046 m13.2 mi
Mount BielawskiWSW985 m9.4 mi
Castle RockWSW979 m9.4 mi
El SombrosoSSE917 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 05001086OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site
  • National Register of Historic Places — Ainsley, John Colpitts, House No. 3, reference 05001086, listed 10/03/05.

OpenStreetMap element way/207054563

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