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Colton Area Museum

Colton Area Museum from directly overhead

Colton Area Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 301 m. Mill Peak stands 2,029 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fleming Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

Carnegie library in Colton, California, United States

Wikidata Q19865629, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.06872, -117.32368
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fleming Park: 0.1 mi
  • Max J. Lofy Park: 0.3 mi
  • Cesar Chavez Park: 0.5 mi
  • N Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery: 3.0 mi
  • Route 66 Rendezvous Cruisin' Hall of Fame: 3.0 mi
  • Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Unborn Child Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Monsignor Don Webber Memorial Tree: 3.3 mi
Artworks
  • Sister Cities Signpost: 3.1 mi
  • Donald Davis Sculpture: 3.3 mi
  • The Armory at Fairmount Park: 5.7 mi
  • 3 Piece Pile: 6.0 mi
  • Downtown Riverside: 6.4 mi
Peaks
  • Blue Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Pigeon Benchmark: 5.2 mi
  • Perris Hill: 5.6 mi
Attractions
  • Primer Mcdonal's: 4.2 mi
  • World's Largest "Paper" Cup: 4.4 mi
  • San Bernardino de Sena Estancia: 6.3 mi
  • Camera Obscura: 6.7 mi
  • Petrified Redwood Log: 6.7 mi
Gardens
  • Rose Garden at Fairmount Park: 6.1 mi
  • Native plant garden: 6.5 mi
  • North American Desert: 6.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.7 mi
  • South Africa: 6.7 mi
Museums: 56
Springs: 47
  • Hot Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Cassina Springs: 6.5 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 7.1 mi
  • Console Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Hot Spring: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves: 35
Picnic sites: 28
Waterfalls: 11
  • Middleman Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Bonita Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Aztec Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Burnt Mill Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Arrowhead Resort Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Village Lakefront: 14.8 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Village Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Hamiltair community Beach: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Rock Climbing: 5.4 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 5.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Colton Area Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill PeakENE 58°2,029 m16.3 mi
Buck PointNW 309°1,961 m16.1 mi
Heaps PeakNE 42°1,955 m15.5 mi
Mount RENE 57°1,931 m15.3 mi
Mount SorensonNE 39°1,909 m15.1 mi
Strawberry PeakNNE 24°1,876 m12.4 mi
Crest SummitNNE 30°1,768 m13.0 mi
Bailey PeakN 350°1,737.1 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:3919:2820:05
September equinox06:3818:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0616:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636873798077686256
Precip in2.12.41.50.60.30.10.00.00.20.40.71.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverside Citrus EXP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2815905552

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