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BCPA Flight 304 Memorial

BCPA Flight 304 Memorial from directly overhead

BCPA Flight 304 Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 692 m. Castle Rock stands 979 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Morena Sierra, a peak 0.7 miles away.

The story

1953 aviation accident in California, United States

Wikidata Q4835218, matched on coordinates and name (448 m apart).

What the record says

Built
2006-10-29

How to reach it

Coordinates37.40618, -122.32008

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Picnic sites
Parks
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Fruit Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Panel Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Knot Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
Attractions
  • Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 4.7 mi
  • Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 4.8 mi
  • Lemos Farm: 7.0 mi
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 7.3 mi
  • Stem Cell Research information placards: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 47
Waterfalls: 14
Cliffs: 8
  • Graffiti Rock: 16.2 mi
  • Aramai Point: 17.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 17.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 17.6 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 21.0 mi
Springs: 6
  • Summit Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Summit Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Spring source: 10.8 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of BCPA Flight 304 Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle RockSE 135°979 m17.4 mi
Lookout TowerSE 134°892 m16.0 mi
Goat RockSE 136°890 m16.9 mi
Summit RockSE 133°878 m16.7 mi
Varian PeakSE 137°873 m16.5 mi
Black MountainESE 123°849 m11.3 mi
Indian RockSE 134°817 m17.3 mi
Turtle RockSE 135°812 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:21
June solstice05:5019:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505255586367717169635449

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodside Fire STN 1, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/612656162

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