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Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert

Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert from directly overhead

Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 87 m. San Jacinto Peak stands 3,288 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is West Gardens, a garden 0.4 miles away.

About

The story

children's museum in Rancho Mirage, California

Wikidata Q135926195, matched on coordinates and name (49 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
87 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.78625, -116.41099
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Little Desert Park: 0.6 mi
  • Longtable Park: 0.8 mi
  • Four Winds Park: 0.9 mi
  • Wolfson Park: 1.9 mi
  • Thousand Palms Community Park: 2.6 mi
Springs
  • Magnesia Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Agua Caliente Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Indian Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Dos Palmas Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Potrero Spring: 10.3 mi
Peaks
  • Murray Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Edom Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Cahuilla Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Flat Top Mountain: 6.4 mi
  • Múmawet: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 45
Nature reserves: 38
Cliffs: 35
  • Dry Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Dairy Queen - Left: 21.1 mi
  • Dairy Queen Right: 21.1 mi
  • Upper Freeway Wall: 21.1 mi
  • Lower Freeway Wall: 21.1 mi
Gardens: 24
Historic sites: 21
  • Desert Holocaust Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Expressframe: 5.2 mi
  • Old Car: 8.0 mi
  • Tong wen neval: 8.6 mi
  • Thomas P. Genovese Memorial: 10.0 mi
Museums: 20
Artworks: 17
  • Birds of Welcome: 0.7 mi
  • Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 1.3 mi
  • Synergy: 3.2 mi
  • Rock Art Heart: 4.7 mi
  • J Willott Art Gallery: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • West Fork Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Seven Sisters Waterfall: 8.7 mi
  • Tahquitz Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Dry Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Morongo's Oasis Beach: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Jacinto PeakW 277°3,288 m15.5 mi
Jean PeakW 275°3,202 m15.5 mi
Folly PeakW 278°3,195 m15.8 mi
Marion MountainW 272°3,150 m15.8 mi
Miller PeakW 278°3,143 m15.2 mi
Newton Drury PeakW 276°3,102 m15.9 mi
Mount Saint EllenW 273°3,097 m16.1 mi
Cornell PeakW 278°2,928 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:58
June solstice05:3619:2320:00
September equinox06:3518:1118:44
December solstice06:4716:0316:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F596268738088949488786658
Precip in1.11.10.50.10.00.00.20.10.20.20.20.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palm Springs Asos, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/276923953

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