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Computer History Museum

Computer History Museum from directly overhead

Computer History Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Scan, a artwork 0.4 miles away.

About

The story

museum in Mountain View, California

Dates from 1996.

Wikidata Q964035, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
12.1 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.41438, -122.07736
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Scan: 0.4 mi
  • Vision: 0.5 mi
  • Halo: 0.5 mi
  • Android 5.x "Lollipop": 0.5 mi
  • Google Sign: 0.5 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Soil&Water Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Senior Center Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Water-wise Demonstration Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Sister City Friendship rock garden: 1.8 mi
  • S.T.A. Parish Pastoral Garden: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites
Peaks
Beaches: 41
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 14
Springs: 14
  • Spring source: 8.4 mi
  • Congress Springs: 11.7 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 12.6 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Graffiti Rock: 9.5 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.1 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.5 mi
  • Chab: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Computer History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiS 184°985 m13.2 mi
Castle RockS 185°979 m12.9 mi
The PeakS 179°917 m13.5 mi
Lookout TowerS 189°892 m11.7 mi
Goat RockS 187°890 m13.0 mi
Sunnyvale MountainS 178°880 m13.7 mi
Summit RockS 186°878 m12.1 mi
Varian PeakS 189°873 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586266686868645651
Precip in2.52.92.01.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/31012132

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