California Historical Society Museum & Bookstore
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California Historical Society Museum & Bookstore is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Annie St Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The California Historical Society (CHS) was the official historical society of California, until it dissolved and transferred its collections to the Stanford University Libraries in an agreement that was announced in January 2025. Founded in 1871 by a group of prominent Californian intellectuals at Santa Clara University, the Society was designated as the California state historical society in 1979. Although the Society was based in San Francisco, it hosted exhibits across California.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1871.
Wikidata Q14053, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Annie St Plaza: 0.0 mi
- Yerba Buena Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Ecker Square: 0.2 mi
- Rooftop Park: 0.3 mi
- Union Square: 0.3 mi
- Museum of the African Diaspora: 0.0 mi
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: 0.1 mi
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Gallery: 0.1 mi
- Children's Creativity Museum: 0.3 mi
- American Bookbinders Museum: 0.4 mi
- Locks and Keys for Harry Bridges: 0.1 mi
- Let’s Build From Here: 0.1 mi
- Local Color: 0.1 mi
- Deep Gradient / Suspect Terrain: 0.1 mi
- Volute: 0.1 mi
- East Garden: 0.1 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Learning Garden: 0.2 mi
- 123 Mission Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Oasis at 50 Jones: 0.7 mi
- California Bell: 0.1 mi
- Admission Day Monument: 0.2 mi
- Ohlone Indian Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Original 1848 shoreline: 0.3 mi
- Dragon Gate: 0.3 mi
- Salesforce Park Cable Car: 0.4 mi
- Cable Car Turntable (Powell & Market): 0.4 mi
- California and Powell streets: 0.6 mi
- Transamerica Pyramid: 0.6 mi
- Rincon Hill: 0.5 mi
- Nob Hill: 0.9 mi
- Russian Hill: 1.0 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.1 mi
- Lafayette Heights: 1.5 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 3.3 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 5.5 mi
- East Bay campsite #3: 5.5 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 6.9 mi
- Fort Funston: 7.2 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 7.3 mi
- Tern Nesting: 8.1 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 1.8 mi
- East Beach: 3.1 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 4.4 mi
- Sand Springs Beach: 5.0 mi
- Radio Beach: 5.1 mi
- Huntington Falls: 4.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 4.3 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.6 mi
- Kent Falls: 11.8 mi
- Dawn Falls: 13.7 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.0 mi
- Old Spring: 8.4 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 13.4 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 5.2 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 9.1 mi
- Vent 5: 13.4 mi
- Aramai Point: 13.6 mi
- Chab: 15.4 mi
- Lynn: 9.2 mi
- Winehaven: 11.4 mi
- Russell City: 17.3 mi
- Stokes Landing: 19.2 mi
- Eckley: 21.4 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 2.6 mi
- Quarters A: 2.6 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 7.3 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 7.8 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of California Historical Society Museum & Bookstore. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSW 195° | 371 m | 7.1 mi |
| Richardson East | NW 310° | 338.6 m | 6.9 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NW 306° | 317.297 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SW 220° | 283 m | 4.4 mi |
| Slacker Hill | NW 305° | 282 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hawk Hill | WNW 299° | 281 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Sutro | WSW 237° | 278 m | 3.6 mi |
| Noe Peak | SW 226° | 274 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
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 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/415567011
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