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Blue Lake Museum

Blue Lake Museum, a museum in California
Blue Lake Museum, a museum in CaliforniaEllin Beltz · Public domain

Blue Lake Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 27 m. Spike Buck Mountain stands 1,661 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Perigot Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

The story

The Blue Lake Museum, located in the former Arcata and Mad River Railroad depot at Railroad and G Streets, Blue Lake, California, has photos and artifacts of Blue Lake pioneer, local Indian, logging and railroad history.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q4929330, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
27 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88121, -123.99062

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Granite Butte: 2.2 mi
  • Poverty Point: 2.2 mi
  • Liscom Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Fickle Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Fickle Hill: 6.4 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Buddha Statue: 2.6 mi
  • Buddha Head Statue: 2.6 mi
  • Buddha Statue: 2.6 mi
  • AMPT Mural: 5.1 mi
  • APD Mural: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 10
Beaches: 9
Gardens: 7
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Blue Ox Millworks: 9.6 mi
  • Carson Mansion: 10.2 mi
  • Sumêg Village: 19.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cold Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Whiting Spring: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Azalea State Reserve: 5.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • The Portal: 15.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Blue Lake Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spike Buck MountainESE 113°1,661 m18.4 mi
Grouse MountainESE 117°1,642 m18.7 mi
Bug Creek ButteSE 136°1,603 m17.8 mi
Board Camp MountainSE 132°1,567 m19.1 mi
Chaparral MountainSE 138°1,548 m16.7 mi
Board Camp ButteSE 132°1,541 m19.9 mi
Titlow HillE 101°1,518 m14.8 mi
Horse MountainE 92°1,506 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4520:1020:52
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3816:0816:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484949505356575857545148
Precip in7.56.56.34.12.11.00.20.30.92.75.78.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arcata Eureka AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1198019970

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