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American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA

American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA, a museum in California
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American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA, a museum in California
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American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA, a museum in California
kl91711 · CC BY 3.0
American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA, a museum in California
kl91711 · CC BY 3.0

American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 280 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 23 miles off.

About

The story

The American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) is an art museum for ceramic art, located in Pomona, California. Founded in 2003 as a nonprofit organization, the museum exhibits historic and contemporary ceramic artwork from both its permanent collection of 10,000 objects and through temporary rotating exhibitions.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2003.

Wikidata Q20714431, matched on coordinates and name (28 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
1955
Height
13.8 m
Elevation
279.6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.06118, -117.75082

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 1.7 mi
  • Tongva Village: 4.2 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 11.2 mi
  • Galleano Winery: 12.4 mi
  • River Trails Park: 14.1 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Organic Farm (West): 3.4 mi
  • Organic Farm (East): 3.4 mi
  • Margaret Fowler Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Scripps Rose Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Hixon Court: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves: 58
Picnic sites: 37
  • Site C: 5.1 mi
  • Site B: 5.1 mi
  • Site A: 5.2 mi
  • Site A: 6.6 mi
  • Site A: 6.8 mi
Springs: 34
  • Big Cienega Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 8.0 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Wolfskill Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 15.6 mi
  • San Antonio Falls: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Norco Bluffs: 13.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 13.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 13.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 13.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioNNE 21°3,068 m16.8 mi
West BaldyNNE 19°3,044 m16.6 mi
Telegraph PeakNNE 32°2,713 m16.4 mi
Cucamonga PeakNE 40°2,695 m14.6 mi
Ontario PeakNNE 32°2,640 m13.6 mi
Etiwanda PeakNE 41°2,640 m15.4 mi
Thunder MountainNNE 30°2,613 m16.3 mi
Bighorn PeakNE 36°2,575 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5416:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/470335251

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