Antelope Valley State Indian Museum
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Antelope Valley State Indian Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 819 m. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park, a park 0.1 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
The Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park is a state historic park of California, United States, interpreting Native American cultures of the Great Basin and surrounding regions. The park and its grounds are situated on the Antelope Valley's rural east side in northern Los Angeles County, California. The museum contains the combined collections of H. Arden Edwards and subsequent owner and anthropology student Grace Oliver. The exhibits represent and interpret Native Americans groups, both aboriginal and contemporary, of the Southwest, Great Basin, and Californian cultural regions. A number of the artifacts on display are rare or one-of-a-kind items.
The museum was originally constructed by homesteader/artist H. Arden Edwards in 1928. The chalet-style structure was built over the rock formation of Piute Butte in the Mojave Desert. The unusual folk art structure, originally used as a home, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Dates from 1979.
Wikidata Q4771203, matched on coordinates and name (133 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 819 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 28.7 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Piute Butte: 0.5 mi
- Rocky Buttes: 1.3 mi
- Alpine Butte: 3.0 mi
- Little Butte: 3.3 mi
- Lovejoy Buttes: 3.3 mi
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park: 0.1 mi
- Stephen Sorensen Park: 3.0 mi
- Jackie Robinson Park: 8.8 mi
- Avenue T Park: 9.7 mi
- Everett Martin Park: 10.7 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 3.3 mi
- Moody Springs: 8.4 mi
- Moss Spring: 18.7 mi
- Icy Springs: 19.1 mi
- Reed Spring: 19.6 mi
- D-21: 13.8 mi
- SR-71: 13.8 mi
- A-12: 13.8 mi
- U-2: 13.8 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 14.0 mi
- Llano del Rio: 10.0 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 16.7 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 16.8 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 17.3 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 20.4 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.4 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 12.5 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 19.6 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 3.1 mi
- Jackson Lake: 19.2 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 20.5 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 13.8 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 13.9 mi
- Museum of Art and History: 16.9 mi
- Century Circle: 17.2 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 18.6 mi
- Astral Challenger: 14.9 mi
- One Desert Sky: 16.0 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 19.0 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 20.2 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 10.0 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Antelope Valley State Indian Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baden-Powell | SSE 166° | 2,860 m | 20.7 mi |
| Throop Peak | S 172° | 2,779 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mount Burnham | S 169° | 2,740 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | S 173° | 2,677 m | 21.5 mi |
| Middle Hawkins | S 175° | 2,593 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Lewis | S 172° | 2,546 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Islip | S 178° | 2,518 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Williamson | S 181° | 2,504 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearblossom, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368174633
Day trips start here
- Palmdale · 15 mi
- Adelanto · 24 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 27 mi
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