Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Memorial
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Sisar Peak stands 1,680 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Port Hueneme Beach Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Memorial to victims of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 that crashed into the ocean just offshore from here on January 31, 2000.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Port Hueneme Beach Park: 0.0 mi
- Walter B Moranda Park: 0.4 mi
- Wene'mu Park: 0.4 mi
- Dewar Park: 0.7 mi
- Southwinds Park: 0.9 mi
- Laguna Peak: 7.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Peanut Hill: 8.3 mi
- La Jolla Peak: 8.4 mi
- Mugu Rock: 8.4 mi
- Whitecap ForeDunes Protected Area: 4.6 mi
- La Jolla Valley Natural Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Rancho Ventura: 10.5 mi
- Harmon Canyon Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Willoughby Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Port Hueneme Historical Museum: 0.6 mi
- Ventura County Maritime Museum: 1.4 mi
- United States Navy Seabee Museum: 2.0 mi
- Channel Islands Maritime Museum: 2.6 mi
- Murphy Auto Museum: 3.0 mi
- Port Hueneme Beach: 0.2 mi
- Ormond Beach: 0.5 mi
- Silver Strand State Beach: 1.8 mi
- Kiddie Beach: 2.2 mi
- Hobie Beach: 2.2 mi
- Point Mugu Missile Park: 5.3 mi
- Fishermen's Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Jake Kochel: 11.0 mi
- Cannon: 11.0 mi
- The Sunset Bench: 11.3 mi
- Connections: 3.0 mi
- Century Theatres Mural: 6.9 mi
- Coastal Conversion: 7.0 mi
- The Mermaid of Soter Point: 8.7 mi
- Ventura V: 10.9 mi
- Community Roots Garden: 5.4 mi
- Acacia Trees: 11.4 mi
- Chilean Cactus and Succulents: 11.4 mi
- Rockery Plantings: 11.4 mi
- Chilean Wine Palms: 11.5 mi
- San Buenaventura City Hall: 11.4 mi
- Chumash Demonstration Village: 13.2 mi
- Hartley Botanica: 16.1 mi
- The Sunburst Railbikes: 16.6 mi
- Wildwood Tepee: 16.9 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 14.0 mi
- Paradise Falls: 16.9 mi
- Punch Bowl: 23.0 mi
- Jackson Falls: 23.8 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 24.5 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 16.5 mi
- Area 2: 16.5 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 16.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 16.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 16.7 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 15.3 mi
- Kima Point: 16.1 mi
- Foothill Crag "The Foot": 23.0 mi
- Topatopa Bluff: 24.4 mi
- The Grotto: 15.3 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 22.7 mi
- Wilsie Spring: 24.0 mi
- Arch Rock: 12.7 mi
- Coba Arch: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisar Peak | N 7° | 1,680 m | 24.9 mi |
| Santa Paula Peak | NNE 27° | 1,497 m | 23.1 mi |
| Nordhoff Peak | N 353° | 1,349 m | 24.8 mi |
| San Cayetano Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,275 m | 23.9 mi |
| Sandstone Peak | E 95° | 948 m | 14.9 mi |
| Tri Peaks | E 95° | 917 m | 13.9 mi |
| Exchange Peak | E 97° | 899 m | 14.2 mi |
| Chismahoo Mountain | NNW 328° | 891 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:35 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 64 | 61 | 56 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxnard, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7134056009
Day trips start here
- Port Hueneme · 0 mi
- Oxnard · 4 mi
- Ventura County · 4 mi
- Ventura · 9 mi
- Camarillo · 10 mi
- Santa Paula · 16 mi
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