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de Saisset Museum

de Saisset Museum, a museum in California
de Saisset Museum, a museum in CaliforniaCristiano Tomás · CC BY-SA 4.0
de Saisset Museum, a museum in California
Matthew Hendricks ( SCUMATT at en.wikipedia ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
de Saisset Museum, a museum in California
Matthew Hendricks ( SCUMATT at en.wikipedia ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
de Saisset Museum, a museum in California
Ernest de Saisset (1864-1899) · Public domain
de Saisset Museum, a museum in California
Ernest de Saisset · Public domain
de Saisset Museum, a museum in California
Leonardo Barbieri · Public domain

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de Saisset Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Mount Day stands 1,163 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cesar Chavez Commons, a park 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

The de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University opened in 1955, after Isabel de Saisset, the last member of a California pioneer family bequeathed her estate to the University of Santa Clara. The museum owns nearly 10,000 art pieces and historical artifacts, including the work of early Californian artist and university alumnus Ernest de Saisset and a considerable collection of California mission artifacts. The de Saisset recently completed a major renovation of its storage facilities and is open to the public free of charge.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q3329750, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Santa Clara University

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.35000, -121.94061
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 2.0 mi
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 3.4 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 4.5 mi
  • Braly Picnic #2: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 7.4 mi
  • Lone Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Hunters Point: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 25
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 8.9 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 11.9 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 12.2 mi
  • The Bluff: 14.6 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 16.2 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.0 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of de Saisset Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DayENE 70°1,163 m14.0 mi
Mount UmunhumS 170°1,063 m13.3 mi
Mount ThayerS 175°1,061 m12.9 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 224°985 m12.1 mi
Castle RockSW 226°979 m12.0 mi
The PeakSW 219°917 m11.6 mi
El SombrosoS 172°917 m12.0 mi
Antler PointE 81°913 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515457606469717170645651
Precip in3.03.22.61.20.50.20.00.00.10.81.43.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/277753316

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