Bigfoot Museum
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Bigfoot Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Shingle Mill Creek, a park 0.4 miles away.
The story
Bigfoot Discovery Museum is a museum in Felton, California devoted to Bigfoot (also known as Sasquatch). The founder, Michael Rugg, graduated from Stanford University in 1968, worked in Silicon Valley until the dot-com bust, then opened the museum in 2004 or 2005. Paula Yarr is listed as a co-founder. The museum features tchotchkes from the 1970s Bigfoot boom, and the 1980s resurrection with Harry and the Hendersons memorabilia.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q60792520, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Shingle Mill Creek: 0.4 mi
- Covered Bridge Equestrian Center: 0.5 mi
- Gus Harding Memorial Area: 0.7 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge Park: 0.7 mi
- Felton Deck: 0.7 mi
- E: 0.6 mi
- F: 0.6 mi
- G: 0.6 mi
- A: 0.6 mi
- B: 0.6 mi
- Roaring Camp: 0.8 mi
- Sequoia Aerial Adventure: 1.2 mi
- Redwood Canopy Tours: 1.2 mi
- Zip Tower and Climbing Wall: 3.0 mi
- Mini Bikes Activity Area: 3.0 mi
- Bear Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Mount Hermon: 1.4 mi
- Mount Alexander: 2.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.3 mi
- Hanson Felton Quarry Preserve — West Perimeter Set-Aside Area: 1.3 mi
- Santa Cruz Sandhills Community: 1.3 mi
- West Marshall Field Natural Reserve: 1.8 mi
- Randall Morgan Sandhills: 1.9 mi
- Quail Hollow Quarry Conservation Areas: 2.1 mi
- Limestone Kilns: 1.8 mi
- Powder Magazine: 1.9 mi
- Lost Camp: 2.7 mi
- Barrel Mill (site): 2.8 mi
- Cowell Lime Works Historic District Kilns: 3.1 mi
- Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Outdoor Education Garden: 3.1 mi
- Kresge Garden: 3.1 mi
- Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 3.2 mi
- Stevenson Garden: 3.4 mi
- Crown Fountain: 3.0 mi
- Kresge Totem Pole: 3.2 mi
- Sacrificial Goat: 3.2 mi
- Redwood Boat: 3.3 mi
- Sesnon Art Gallery: 3.3 mi
- San Lorenzo Valley Museum, Faye G. Bellardi Gallery: 0.8 mi
- Historic Center: 1.1 mi
- Canepa: 3.4 mi
- Museum of Art & History: 5.3 mi
- The San Lorenzo Valley Museum: 5.8 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 1.2 mi
- Three Mile Beach: 5.9 mi
- Four Mile Beach: 6.0 mi
- Three Mile Beach: 6.0 mi
- Red, White and Blue Beach: 6.0 mi
- Ferndell: 0.9 mi
- Moose Lodge Falls: 2.9 mi
- Maple Falls: 9.9 mi
- Fairy Falls: 10.7 mi
- Scott Creek Falls: 10.8 mi
- Redwood Springs: 1.3 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 3.1 mi
- Old Growth Spring: 3.5 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 3.5 mi
- Reggiardo Spring: 3.7 mi
- Upper Quarry: 3.0 mi
- Upper Quarry: 3.1 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Sand Hill Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 0.7 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 0.7 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 6.7 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 6.8 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 6.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Bigfoot Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | ENE 69° | 1,154 m | 13.5 mi |
| Crystal Peak | ENE 69° | 1,097 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NE 49° | 1,063 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NE 45° | 1,061 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Chual | ENE 68° | 1,046 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | N 355° | 985 m | 12.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | N 354° | 979 m | 13.0 mi |
| The Peak | N 0° | 917 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 10.4 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 10.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/797799539
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 5 mi
- Capitola · 8 mi
- Aptos · 10 mi
- Watsonville · 19 mi
- Moss Landing · 23 mi
- Marina · 29 mi
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