Automobile Driving Museum
Automobile Driving Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mattel Logo, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 13 miles off.
The story
The Automobile Driving Museum was an automotive museum located at 610 Lairport Street, El Segundo, California, USA. The museum was a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 2002 (2002) by car collectors Stanley Zimmerman and architect Earl Rubenstein. Its mission was to "collect, preserve, exhibit and ride in historic vehicles." It contained about 130 classic, antique, and vintage automobiles created between 1886 and 2000, of which roughly half were on display at any time. Visitors were permitted to touch and sit in most cars, and on Sunday Car Rides, experience riding as a passenger around the neighborhood in classic vehicles. Its collection included:
1932 Plymouth Brewster Town Car, owned by Eleanor Roosevelt 1936 Packard touring phaeton, given by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Joseph Stalin 1955 Packard Caribbean Convertible, given by Howard Hughes to his wife, Jean Peters The museum closed in October 2024 after the passing of its primary benefactor.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q65118904, matched on coordinates and name (24 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1953
- Height
- 7.2 m
- Elevation
- 39.8 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mattel Logo: 0.2 mi
- Panda: 0.5 mi
- Elephant: 0.5 mi
- Lion: 0.5 mi
- Cow: 0.5 mi
- Campus El Segundo Athletic Fields: 0.3 mi
- Washington Park: 0.4 mi
- Constitution Park: 0.4 mi
- Kansas Park: 0.6 mi
- Sycamore Park: 0.6 mi
- Sepulveda Bridge Widening: 1.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Site of the Childhood Home of the Beach Boys: 3.1 mi
- Glenn M. Anderson Park: 3.1 mi
- Al Jolson Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden: 2.5 mi
- Emerson Ave Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Theodore Payne Native Flora Area: 3.5 mi
- Water Wise Garden: 4.4 mi
- Jeff Duclos Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Manhattan Beach Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Centinela Adobe: 3.2 mi
- Hermosa Beach Historical Society Museum: 4.2 mi
- Wonder of Dinosaurs: 4.2 mi
- Redondo Beach Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
- Randy’s Donuts: 2.8 mi
- Kiiy: 3.5 mi
- Gathering Place: 3.6 mi
- Urbanscape: 3.6 mi
- LMU: 3.6 mi
- LAX El Segundo Dunes Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve: 3.8 mi
- Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Henrietta Basin: 5.6 mi
- La Brea Green Belt: 6.1 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 6.4 mi
- Ridgecrest Hill: 11.1 mi
- Castellammare Mesa: 12.6 mi
- San Pedro Hill: 12.8 mi
- Maltman peak: 13.0 mi
- Washington Park Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Common Grounds: 3.8 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Central: 5.8 mi
- Blue Lagoon: 5.9 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 2.2 mi
- Mother's Beach: 5.4 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 6.6 mi
- Palisades Beach: 9.7 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 12.1 mi
- Temescal Falls: 12.9 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 15.3 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 23.6 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 23.7 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 24.3 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 9.1 mi
- Eagle Spring: 16.1 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 17.3 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 24.6 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 14.8 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 19.3 mi
- Spa Palace: 11.5 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Automobile Driving Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdugo Peak | NNE 18° | 951.6 m | 21.1 mi |
| Saddle Peak | NW 305° | 851 m | 18.4 mi |
| Tongva Peak | NNE 22° | 803 m | 20.3 mi |
| Calabasas Peak | NW 311° | 657 m | 19.7 mi |
| Temescal Peak | NW 323° | 648 m | 15.4 mi |
| McAuley Peak | WNW 298° | 625 m | 21.5 mi |
| San Vicente Mountain | NNW 334° | 598 m | 15.7 mi |
| Eagle Rock | NW 321° | 596 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Intl AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/424945771
Day trips start here
- Hawthorne · 3 mi
- Inglewood · 3 mi
- Westchester · 3 mi
- Culver City · 5 mi
- Gardena · 5 mi
- Los Angeles/South · 7 mi
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