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Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum

Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum from directly overhead

Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 718 m. Blue Mountain stands 1,835 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
718 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.42468, -120.64155

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums: 18
Springs: 17
  • Canzatti Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Marble Springs: 9.1 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Sugar Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Spanish Spring: 15.7 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 8.4 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 8.4 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 8.4 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 8.4 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 1.0 mi
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 8.5 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 9.3 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 10.0 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 2
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Oak Leaf: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainESE 111°1,835 m16.0 mi
Armstrong HillENE 60°1,735 m16.1 mi
Buck MountainESE 103°1,566 m15.0 mi
Devils NoseENE 77°1,445 m12.3 mi
Big MountainNE 35°1,395 m12.8 mi
Lincoln HillNNE 25°1,379 m18.1 mi
Manuel PeakSE 132°1,354 m18.5 mi
Big ButteNNE 14°1,306 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:31
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1716:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/492253610

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