Children’s Discovery Museum
Children’s Discovery Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 45 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Monopoly in the Park, a attraction 0.1 miles away.
The story
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose (CDM) is a cultural institution serving children, families, and schools in the Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay Area. A member of the Association of Children's Museums and the Association of Science and Technology Centers, Children's Discovery Museum is located in downtown San Jose, California, on Woz Way. The street is named after Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, whose nickname is "Woz". Wozniak was the single largest private donor during the original capital campaign that funded the museum.
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Dates from 1990.
Wikidata Q5098072, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 9.70 m
- Elevation
- 44.91 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Monopoly in the Park: 0.1 mi
- Dragon Flyers: 1.5 mi
- Danny the Dragon Train: 1.5 mi
- Kiddie Swings: 1.5 mi
- Pacific Fruit Express: 1.5 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 0.2 mi
- San Jose/Santa Clara Valley Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- City Hall Cornerstone: 0.4 mi
- In Memory of the Burning of San Jose Chinatown: 0.4 mi
- Man of Fire: 0.4 mi
- California Bear: 0.2 mi
- Idea Tree: 0.3 mi
- Limonium: 0.3 mi
- San José Semaphore: 0.4 mi
- Plumed Serpent: 0.4 mi
- Guadalupe River Park: 0.3 mi
- John P. McEnery Park: 0.4 mi
- Plaza de César E. Chávez: 0.4 mi
- Parque de los Pobladores: 0.4 mi
- Circle of Palms Plaza: 0.5 mi
- The Tech Interactive: 0.3 mi
- San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles: 0.4 mi
- Luis María Peralta Adobe: 0.7 mi
- Little Italy Museum and Cultural Center: 0.7 mi
- Carmel and Thomas Fallon House: 0.7 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 0.4 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- CNGF Native Plant Farm: 1.1 mi
- Historic Orchard: 1.4 mi
- Danny's Place: 1.5 mi
- Chimes and Bells: 1.5 mi
- Silly Celebration: 1.5 mi
- Whistling Woods: 1.5 mi
- Sunflower Circle: 1.6 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 6.5 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 6.5 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 6.6 mi
- Heintz Open Space: 6.8 mi
- Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove: 6.9 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 8.8 mi
- Cherry Springs: 9.6 mi
- Congress Springs: 10.6 mi
- McClure Spring: 12.5 mi
- South Spring: 14.3 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 13.6 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 14.7 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 15.3 mi
- Murietta Falls: 17.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 17.5 mi
- Lexington: 10.4 mi
- Drawbridge: 10.6 mi
- Alma: 11.2 mi
- Holy City: 12.7 mi
- Patchen: 13.1 mi
- Niles beach: 18.5 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 20.5 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 20.7 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 22.4 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 23.9 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 10.6 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 13.0 mi
- Underworld Rock: 13.3 mi
- The Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.5 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Children’s Discovery Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observatory Peak | E 86° | 1,298 m | 13.7 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | E 85° | 1,286 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | E 86° | 1,279 m | 13.7 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | E 86° | 1,276 m | 13.9 mi |
| Ptolemy Peak | E 86° | 1,237 m | 13.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 54° | 1,169 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Day | ENE 58° | 1,163 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | S 182° | 1,063 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/25967349
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 24 mi
- Capitola · 24 mi
- Santa Cruz · 25 mi
- Watsonville · 29 mi
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