Columbia Memorial Space Center
Columbia Memorial Space Center is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 41 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Apollo Boilerplate 12, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 12 miles off.
The story
The Columbia Memorial Space Center (CMSC) is a science museum in the Los Angeles area, in City of Downey, California, US. It is owned and operated by Downey, and open to the general public as a hands-on space museum and activity center.
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Wikidata Q21014379, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 11.5 m
- Elevation
- 41.2 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Apollo Boilerplate 12: 0.0 mi
- Little India: 4.9 mi
- Citadel Outlets: 6.2 mi
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Cypress: 7.5 mi
- Pirates Dinner Adventure: 9.1 mi
- Discovery Sports Complex: 0.1 mi
- Brookshire Children's Park: 0.5 mi
- Independence Park: 0.6 mi
- Golden Park: 1.1 mi
- T. Mayne Thompson Park: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Paramount Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Paramount Mayors on Stone Plaques: 2.9 mi
- Norwalk Square: 3.1 mi
- Arco: 3.4 mi
- McDonald's Museum: 2.1 mi
- Downey Art Museum: 2.3 mi
- Carpenter House Museum: 3.0 mi
- Hathaway Ranch Museum: 3.3 mi
- Sproul Museum: 3.7 mi
- McDonald's Sign: 2.1 mi
- Founders Plaza: 3.7 mi
- Untitled: 4.2 mi
- Bogey & Scratch: 4.5 mi
- Remembering Walter H. Deubner: 4.6 mi
- Paramount Cortland Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Garden: 3.8 mi
- GrowGood Urban Farm: 5.2 mi
- Cerritos Sculpture Garden: 5.3 mi
- community gardens: 5.7 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Bosque del Rio Hondo Natural Area: 8.4 mi
- Dominguez Nature Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Montebello Hills: 7.9 mi
- Signal Hill: 8.5 mi
- Whittier Hill: 8.9 mi
- Workman Hill: 9.0 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 9.1 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Mother's Beach: 11.2 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Hidden Valley: 12.6 mi
- Creekside: 12.6 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 14.4 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 14.5 mi
- Washout Falls: 14.5 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 14.5 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 15.9 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 11.1 mi
- Mother's Beach: 11.2 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 16.0 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 16.3 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 16.8 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 20.5 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 20.5 mi
- McDermont Spring: 22.6 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 24.6 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 18.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 23.4 mi
- Spa Palace: 12.2 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Columbia Memorial Space Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilson | N 11° | 1,737 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Lowe | N 4° | 1,699 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Harvard | NNE 11° | 1,640 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Yale | NNE 11° | 1,451 m | 20.1 mi |
| Muir Peak | N 5° | 1,427 m | 20.5 mi |
| Clamshell Peak | NNE 22° | 1,338 m | 21.0 mi |
| West Fuji | N 4° | 1,121.969 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Bliss | NNE 30° | 1,121 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:31 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
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 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Beach Daugherty AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/456600730
Day trips start here
- Downey · 1 mi
- Gateway Cities · 1 mi
- Bellflower · 3 mi
- Norwalk · 3 mi
- Santa Fe Springs · 3 mi
- Lynwood · 4 mi
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