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Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Memorial

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Memorial from directly overhead

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.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.14116, -119.19206
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks: 54
Museums: 34
Beaches: 30
Historic sites: 28
Artworks: 25
Gardens: 19
Attractions: 15
Waterfalls: 6
  • 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
Picnic sites: 6
  • 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
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • The Grotto: 15.3 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 24.0 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Arch Rock: 12.7 mi
  • Coba Arch: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sisar PeakN 7°1,680 m24.9 mi
Santa Paula PeakNNE 27°1,497 m23.1 mi
Nordhoff PeakN 353°1,349 m24.8 mi
San Cayetano MountainNNE 30°1,275 m23.9 mi
Sandstone PeakE 95°948 m14.9 mi
Tri PeaksE 95°917 m13.9 mi
Exchange PeakE 97°899 m14.2 mi
Chismahoo MountainNNW 328°891 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3619:09
June solstice05:4619:3520:12
September equinox06:4618:2218:55
December solstice06:5916:1316:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565658606164676867646156

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7134056009

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