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Avila Beach Maritime Museum

Avila Beach Maritime Museum from directly overhead

Avila Beach Maritime Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Hi Mountain stands 969 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Avila Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 4.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
13 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.17914, -120.73240

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Avila Beach Community Park: 0.2 mi
  • Palisades Park: 1.8 mi
  • Palisades Park: 2.0 mi
  • South Palisades Park: 2.2 mi
  • Palasades Bluff Walkway: 2.3 mi
Peaks
  • San Luis Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Bald Knob: 2.5 mi
  • Indian Knob: 4.4 mi
  • Saddle Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Green Peak: 5.7 mi
Museums: 26
Attractions: 19
  • Monarch Butterfly Grove: 6.6 mi
  • Bubblegum Alley: 7.9 mi
  • Bubblegum Alley: 7.9 mi
  • Banana Cabana: 9.0 mi
  • Open recreation area for off road vehicles, called open Area: 9.2 mi
Historic sites: 17
Beaches: 15
  • Avila Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Pirates Cove: 1.1 mi
  • Fisherman's Beach: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves: 12
  • Johnson Ranch Open Space: 3.9 mi
  • Pismo Preserve: 4.7 mi
  • Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve: 7.7 mi
  • Reservoir Canyon Natural Reserve: 9.3 mi
  • Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 7
  • Road Runner Picnic Site: 7.6 mi
  • Holloway Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Willow Bluff: 12.1 mi
  • Rockrose: 12.1 mi
  • Meadow View: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Reservoir Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Islay Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Big Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Little Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Little Falls: 14.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Sulphur Pot: 12.9 mi
  • McLain Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #1: 17.4 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #2: 17.7 mi
  • McNeil Spring: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 1.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Avila Beach Maritime Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hi MountainENE 72°969 m18.2 mi
Lopez MountainNE 46°869 m12.1 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroENE 70°865 m18.2 mi
Bald MountainENE 72°855 m13.6 mi
Gay MountainNE 52°850 m12.2 mi
Tassajera PeakN 5°836 m14.9 mi
Black ButteNE 41°824 m12.1 mi
Big BaldyE 80°812 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4219:15
June solstice05:5019:4420:21
September equinox06:5218:2819:01
December solstice07:0816:1616:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555557596161626363635854
Precip in3.54.03.01.00.50.20.00.00.10.81.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pismo Beach, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/368174450

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