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Motel Inn

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Elevation, modelled
91 m
Tallest summit within 19.9 miles
Chiches 21,104 m · 18.1 mi
Nearest byway
San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 11.5 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:21local time
Coordinates
35.2913, -120.6482

Motel Inn is a historic site in California, at a modelled 91 m. Chiches 2 stands 1,104 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic El Camino Real, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 1.5 miles off.

first motel in the world

Dates from 1925.

Wikidata Q6917183, matched on coordinates and name (7 m apart).

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Motel Inn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chiches 2ENE 67°1,104 m18.1 mi
Black MountainENE 67°1,089 m18.0 mi
Hi MountainE 100°969 m12.8 mi
Lopez MountainE 80°869 m4.0 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroE 98°865 m12.5 mi
Bald MountainESE 113°855 m8.9 mi
Gay MountainE 92°850 m4.8 mi
Tassajera PeakNNW 334°836 m7.9 mi

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4919:4420:21
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:0816:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

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