California Science Center
California Science Center is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 82 m. Mount Deception stands 1,767 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
The California Science Center (sometimes spelled California ScienCenter) is a state agency and science museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the University of Southern California. The museum includes many exhibits of aircraft and spacecraft, including Space Shuttle Endeavour, multiple hands-on galleries, special exhibitions, and IMAX movies. Billed as the West Coast's largest hands-on science center, this museum is a public-private partnership between the State of California and the California Science Center Foundation. The California Natural Resources Agency oversees the California Science Center and the California African American Museum. Founded in 1951 as the "California Museum of Science and Industry", the Museum was remodeled and renamed in 1998 as the "California Science Center," which hosts the California State Science Fair annually.
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Dates from 1951.
Wikidata Q1067376, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 26.1 m
- Elevation
- 82.3 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet: 0.0 mi
- Shuttle Fuel Tank: 0.1 mi
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter: 0.2 mi
- Douglas DC-8: 0.2 mi
- Tutor Campus Center Piano: 0.3 mi
- Exposition Park Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Pico Union Pollinator Friendly Garden: 1.8 mi
- South Park Commons: 2.2 mi
- Mariposa-Nabi Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Yamazaki Memorial Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Lockheed A-12: 0.1 mi
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Olympic Cauldron: 0.1 mi
- Olympic Gateway: 0.1 mi
- Stimson House: 1.1 mi
- Harbor–Santa Monica Freeway Interchange: 1.7 mi
- Exposition Park: 0.2 mi
- Jesse A. Brewer Jr. Park: 0.3 mi
- Parkside Field: 0.3 mi
- Alumni Park: 0.3 mi
- W. M. Keck Foundation Amphitheatre: 0.3 mi
- George Tirebiter: 0.2 mi
- Dueling Dinosaurs: 0.2 mi
- Joe Widney: 0.3 mi
- Tommy Trojan: 0.3 mi
- Kobe Mural: 0.5 mi
- La Brea Green Belt: 4.1 mi
- Elysian Park: 5.3 mi
- Ascot Hills Park: 6.9 mi
- Elyria Canyon Park: 7.0 mi
- Rose Hill Park: 7.3 mi
- Maltman peak: 4.9 mi
- Silverlake peak: 5.4 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 5.4 mi
- Micheltorena peak: 5.5 mi
- Olive Hill: 5.8 mi
- Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Central: 4.7 mi
- Garden Grove: 4.8 mi
- Blue Lagoon: 4.8 mi
- Lake Side: 4.8 mi
- Temescal Falls: 14.8 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Millard Falls: 16.3 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 16.3 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 16.4 mi
- Mother's Beach: 10.1 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 10.8 mi
- Palisades Beach: 13.0 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 14.2 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 15.3 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 10.0 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 15.7 mi
- Eagle Spring: 17.3 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 19.0 mi
- Fascination Spring: 19.2 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 18.3 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 20.8 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 23.9 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.9 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.3 mi
- Spa Palace: 3.0 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of California Science Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Deception | NNE 31° | 1,767 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Markham | NE 35° | 1,746 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NE 35° | 1,699 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Harvard | NE 43° | 1,640 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Lukens | N 9° | 1,546.6 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Yale | NE 44° | 1,451 m | 18.2 mi |
| Muir Peak | NE 37° | 1,427 m | 17.4 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,363 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
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 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/407373715
Day trips start here
- Los Angeles/South · 2 mi
- Los Angeles/Downtown · 3 mi
- Huntington Park · 4 mi
- Los Angeles · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Wilshire · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Northwest · 5 mi
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