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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
Peaks
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
Historic sites: 58
Gardens: 57
  • 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
Artworks
Nature reserves: 36
Springs: 26
  • Cassina Springs: 5.0 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 6.0 mi
  • Console Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Harford Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Convict Spring: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • 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
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 10
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Rock Climbing: 3.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 9.7 mi
  • Keller Cliffs: 22.4 mi
  • shooting gallery: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Banks Drive. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Greater Calamity PeakNW2,068 m19.1 mi
Buck PointNNW1,961 m18.0 mi
Strawberry PeakNNE1,876 m18.3 mi
Calamity PeakNW1,768 m18.6 mi
Crest SummitNNE1,768 m18.9 mi
Bailey PeakN1,737 m18.0 mi
Red Rock Wall PointNNE1,687 m17.7 mi
Sugarpine MountainN1,670 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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