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Centennial Plaza

Centennial Plaza from directly overhead

Centennial Plaza is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Buck Point stands 1,961 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Japanese Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Dedicated this centennial date of March 13, 2016
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.98288, -117.37705
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Native plant garden: 0.2 mi
  • Mariposa Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District: 0.7 mi
  • Rose Garden at Fairmount Park: 0.8 mi
Parks
Artworks
  • Grandmothers: 0.1 mi
  • Accept Difference: 0.1 mi
  • Rise!: 0.1 mi
  • Albert S. White Park: 0.1 mi
  • What's Up Inland Empire: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Camera Obscura: 0.2 mi
  • World's Largest "Paper" Cup: 2.7 mi
  • Martha Mclean Anza Narrows: 3.3 mi
  • Petrified Redwood Log: 3.4 mi
  • River Trails: 6.2 mi
Peaks
Museums: 59
Nature reserves: 37
Springs: 32
  • Hot Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Cassina Springs: 4.9 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 5.9 mi
  • Console Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Harford Spring: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 31
  • Area A: 14.3 mi
  • Area C: 14.3 mi
  • Area B: 14.4 mi
  • Site C: 16.9 mi
  • Site B: 17.0 mi
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 8
  • Rock Climbing: 4.0 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 4.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 9.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 10.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Centennial Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck PointNNW 330°1,961 m18.7 mi
Strawberry PeakNNE 25°1,876 m19.0 mi
Calamity PeakNW 320°1,768 m19.2 mi
Bailey PeakN 3°1,737.1 m18.8 mi
Red Rock Wall PointNNE 25°1,687 m18.5 mi
Sugarpine MountainN 360°1,670 m19.2 mi
Playground Drive HillN 11°1,645 m17.8 mi
Jobs PeakN 8°1,641 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4019:2820:05
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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13289831294

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