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California State Capitol Museum

California State Capitol Museum, a museum in California
California State Capitol Museum, a museum in CaliforniaTony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
California State Capitol Museum, a museum in California
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California State Capitol Museum, a museum in California
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California State Capitol Museum, a museum in California
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California State Capitol Museum, a museum in California
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California State Capitol Museum, a museum in California
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California State Capitol Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Carpenter Hill stands 253 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is California Peace Officers Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The California State Capitol Museum consists of a museum in and grounds around the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California, United States. The building has been the home of the California State Legislature since 1869. The State Capitol Museum has been a property in the California State Parks system since 1982.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1982.

Wikidata Q5021012, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.57633, -121.49386
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Capitol Park: 0.1 mi
  • Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park: 0.2 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 0.3 mi
  • Heilbron Mansion: 0.3 mi
  • Cesar E. Chavez Plaza: 0.3 mi
Artworks: 50
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 42
Attractions: 41
  • Sutter Health Park: 1.1 mi
  • The Little Engine That Could: 2.5 mi
  • Peter Rabbit and his Sisters: 2.5 mi
  • Cinderella's Coach: 2.5 mi
  • Jack and the Beanstalk: 2.5 mi
Gardens: 32
Nature reserves: 19
Peaks: 11
  • Whisky Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Col du Pennsylvania: 12.6 mi
  • Barney Mound: 15.1 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill: 17.0 mi
  • Blisk Peak: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pooh Corner: 2.6 mi
  • Birthday Area 3: 2.7 mi
  • Birthday Area 2: 2.7 mi
  • Birthday Area 1: 2.7 mi
  • Group community site: 9.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 17.1 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Beer Can Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Turrtle Bend: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Leete Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 21.2 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 24.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of California State Capitol Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carpenter HillENE 77°253 m21.8 mi
Volcano HillENE 58°129 m18.9 mi
Thunder hillNE 40°129 m21.0 mi
Horse Shoe HillENE 71°127.6 m17.0 mi
Telegraph HillNE 35°118 m21.7 mi
Monument HillWNW 290°48 m20.9 mi
Whisky HillSSE 158°10 m2.6 mi
Barney MoundNNW 343°10 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4319:5520:34
September equinox06:5418:3019:05
December solstice07:2116:0716:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495357616874787774665549
Precip in3.93.62.81.40.90.20.00.00.10.91.83.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sacramento 5 ESE, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4356738101

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