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Bay Model Visitor Center

Bay Model Visitor Center, a museum in California
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Bay Model Visitor Center, a museum in California
Cary Bass-Deschenes from San Francisco, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Bay Model Visitor Center, a museum in California
Cary Bass-Deschenes from San Francisco, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Bay Model Visitor Center, a museum in California
Cary Bass-Deschenes from San Francisco, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Bay Model Visitor Center, a museum in California
Something Original · Public domain
Bay Model Visitor Center, a museum in California
Doug Letterman from Oakland, CA · CC BY 2.0

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Bay Model Visitor Center is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Marinship Exhibit, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

A surviving building from Marinship WWII Shipyard. Not eligible for listing on the National or California Registry of Historic Places.

About

The story

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model is a working hydraulic scale model of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta System. While the Bay Model is still operational, it is no longer used for scientific research but is instead open to the public alongside educational exhibits about Bay hydrology. The model is located in the Bay Model Visitor Center at 2100 Bridgeway Blvd. in Sausalito, California.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7863054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1942
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.86368, -122.49468
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
Gardens
  • Compton Community Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Michelangelo Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 6.2 mi
  • Argonne School Native Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 6.2 mi
  • Promenade Gardens: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 46
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 3.6 mi
  • Temple: 18.7 mi
  • Keyhole: 19.2 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 7.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Bay Model Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakNW 315°784 m6.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakNW 307°778 m6.9 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakNW 311°744 m6.7 mi
Ballou PointWNW 295°612 m7.8 mi
Twin KnollsWNW 298°597 m8.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointNW 304°527 m6.5 mi
Bare KnollWNW 291°478 m7.2 mi
Wooded KnollWNW 291°465 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2316:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586266686867635549
Precip in8.88.76.02.61.40.40.00.00.12.04.69.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/30680616

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