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Berkeley Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive

Berkeley Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotante Dal Foro Centrale, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

The story

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA, formerly abbreviated as BAM/PFA) are a combined art museum, repertory movie theater, and film archive associated with the University of California, Berkeley. Jules Rodrigues Widholm is the current Executive Director since August 2020. She succeeds Lawrence Rinder who served from 2008 to 2020. The museum is a member of the North American Reciprocal Museums program.

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Dates from 1963.

Wikidata Q2916280, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Operated by
University of California, Berkeley
Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.87093, -122.26636

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Parks
Peaks
  • Observatory Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Holy Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Tightwad Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Grizzly Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Spiral Knob: 2.0 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area #2: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Area #1: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic area #3: 1.1 mi
  • Island: 1.9 mi
  • Acacia: 2.0 mi
Beaches: 36
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 19.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Berkeley Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2ESE 109°617 m11.8 mi
Vollmer PeakENE 70°581 m2.6 mi
Las Trampas PeakESE 103°557 m11.3 mi
Chaparral PeakENE 78°540 m2.4 mi
Grizzly PeakENE 67°531 m1.9 mi
Round TopESE 110°531 m4.3 mi
Barberry PeakE 93°513 m2.9 mi
Volcanic PeakESE 103°498 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515355576063646465635651
Precip in4.85.13.81.80.80.30.00.10.11.22.75.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berkeley, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/396383943

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