Discovery Science Center
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Discovery Science Center is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Discovery Cube, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 29 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Discovery Cube Orange County, formerly known as the Discovery Science Center, Taco Bell Discovery Science Center, or simply The Cube, is a science museum in Santa Ana, California, with more than 100 hands-on science exhibits designed to spark children's natural curiosity. Designed by the architecture firm Arquitectonica with structural engineers Carl Johnson and Svend Nielsen, it has become a visual landmark due to its ten-story solar array cube that stands over Interstate 5.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1998.
Wikidata Q5281966, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 9 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 28.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Discovery Cube: 0.0 mi
- Radiator Springs Racers: 3.7 mi
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout: 3.8 mi
- Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters: 3.8 mi
- Hyperion Theater: 3.8 mi
- Fisher Park: 0.4 mi
- Sarah May Downie Herb Garden: 0.5 mi
- Santiago Park: 0.5 mi
- William W Eldridge Park: 0.7 mi
- Morrison Park: 0.7 mi
- Hilbert Museum of California Art: 1.4 mi
- City of Orange Historic Fire Museum: 1.7 mi
- Tustin Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- Walt Disney's Apartment: 4.0 mi
- Heritage Museum of Orange County: 4.1 mi
- Fountain Family Group: 1.4 mi
- Decrotive Sculpture: 2.5 mi
- Reflective Sculpture: 2.6 mi
- Stanley: 3.8 mi
- Radiator Springs: A Happy Place: 3.8 mi
- Memorial Gardens: 2.2 mi
- One Seed Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Garden Grove Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Emerald Garden: 3.9 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 6.1 mi
- Avengers Campus Dedication Plaque: 3.9 mi
- Storytellers: 3.9 mi
- In Appreciation - Youth Grove Donations: 3.9 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 3.9 mi
- The Pelton Wheel: 3.9 mi
- Cadillac Range: 3.7 mi
- Big Thunder Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Cascade Peak: 4.2 mi
- Red Hill: 4.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Peak: 6.4 mi
- Cerro Villa Park: 5.8 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 5.8 mi
- Pelanconi Park: 6.8 mi
- San Joaquin Marsh Reserve: 7.4 mi
- Oak Canyon Nature Center: 8.0 mi
- Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Falcon Flats Group Area: 6.6 mi
- Squirrel Square Group Area: 6.9 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 7.0 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 7.3 mi
- Tomato Spring: 10.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 11.1 mi
- McDermont Spring: 12.9 mi
- Horsetrough Spring: 13.0 mi
- Mustang Spring: 13.3 mi
- North Star Beach: 10.2 mi
- Newport Dunes: 10.7 mi
- Huntington City Beach: 11.0 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 11.1 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 11.6 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 3.9 mi
- Washout Falls: 3.9 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 3.9 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 4.1 mi
- Historic Dam: 6.5 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 20.1 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 20.7 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 21.3 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 22.7 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Three Arches: 20.9 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 21.7 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Discovery Science Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | ESE 102° | 1,734 m | 19.6 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | E 101° | 1,675 m | 18.9 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | ESE 102° | 1,401 m | 23.1 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | ESE 108° | 1,373 m | 23.9 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | ESE 104° | 1,315 m | 24.2 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | E 83° | 1,211 m | 15.1 mi |
| Bald Peak | E 93° | 1,197 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bedford Peak | E 91° | 1,161 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:29 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:09 | 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 | 59 | 59 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa ANA Fire STN, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/394467028
Day trips start here
- Orange · 3 mi
- Santa Ana · 3 mi
- Disneyland · 4 mi
- Tustin · 4 mi
- Anaheim · 5 mi
- Garden Grove · 5 mi
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