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Banks Drive

Banks Drive from directly overhead

Banks Drive is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 241 m. Greater Calamity Peak stands 2,068 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairmount Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
DEDICATED TO WALTER C. BANKS WHO FOR 26 YEARS, FAITHFULLY AND EFFICIENTLY SERVED THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AS A MEMBER ОF THЕ BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS PRESENTED BY THE KIWANIS CLUB 1947
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Coordinates33.99524, -117.37678
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Rose Garden at Fairmount Park: 0.2 mi
  • Native plant garden: 0.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Mariposa Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Camera Obscura: 1.0 mi
  • World's Largest "Paper" Cup: 2.3 mi
  • Petrified Redwood Log: 3.7 mi
  • Martha Mclean Anza Narrows: 3.7 mi
  • River Trails: 6.4 mi
Museums: 59
Nature reserves: 38
Picnic sites: 30
  • Area A: 14.8 mi
  • Area C: 14.8 mi
  • Area B: 14.8 mi
  • Site C: 16.6 mi
  • Site B: 16.6 mi
Springs: 29
  • Hot Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Cassina Springs: 5.0 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 6.0 mi
  • Console Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Harford Spring: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 8
  • Rock Climbing: 3.9 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 4.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 9.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 11.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 11.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Banks Drive. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Greater Calamity PeakNW 319°2,068 m19.1 mi
Buck PointNNW 328°1,961 m18.0 mi
Strawberry PeakNNE 26°1,876 m18.3 mi
Calamity PeakNW 318°1,768 m18.6 mi
Crest SummitNNE 30°1,768 m18.9 mi
Bailey PeakN 3°1,737.1 m18.0 mi
Red Rock Wall PointNNE 26°1,687 m17.7 mi
Sugarpine MountainN 360°1,670 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:3919:2820:05
September equinox06:3818:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636873798077686256
Precip in2.12.41.50.60.30.10.00.00.20.40.71.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverside Citrus EXP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13300517984

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