Downieville Museum
Downieville Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 882 m. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the east-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Downie Chapter 1249, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
- Seasonal
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- High Commission: 0.8 mi
- Red Dog: 1.0 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 2.3 mi
- Table Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Ruby Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Bell Point: 6.7 mi
- Independence Point: 6.7 mi
- Booth Point: 8.4 mi
- Rediscovery Dome Left: 11.9 mi
- Sierra City Community Center: 10.2 mi
- Sierra City Community Park: 10.4 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park: 10.9 mi
- Lake Basin Recreation Area: 12.9 mi
- Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District: 13.9 mi
- Downie Chapter 1249: 0.0 mi
- Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 9.8 mi
- Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 11.0 mi
- North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 14.0 mi
- Mammoth Mill: 15.1 mi
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 7.2 mi
- Loganville Scenic Highway Center Picnic Site: 8.8 mi
- Sand Pond Picnic Site: 11.6 mi
- Woodcamp Day Use Site: 15.5 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum: 11.0 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 11.9 mi
- Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum: 15.2 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 22.9 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 23.0 mi
- Switchback spring: 11.4 mi
- Upper Derbec Spring: 11.8 mi
- Derbec Spring: 12.0 mi
- Willow Spring: 12.1 mi
- Holden Spring: 13.3 mi
- Missouri Bar: 15.2 mi
- Illinois Bar: 17.4 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 18.0 mi
- Emerald Pool: 19.2 mi
- China Dam: 19.2 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 10.7 mi
- Loves Falls: 11.8 mi
- Fern Falls: 13.6 mi
- Frazier Falls: 14.1 mi
- Weber Falls: 23.8 mi
- Forest: 5.0 mi
- North Bloomfield: 13.8 mi
- Jamison: 16.8 mi
- Red Dog: 24.1 mi
- Round Mountain Conservation Easement: 19.2 mi
- Burton Homestead Preserve: 21.8 mi
- Coppins Meadow: 22.3 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 23.4 mi
- Dog Beach: 21.2 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 22.3 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 23.5 mi
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 24.5 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Downieville Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Buttes | ENE 77° | 2,617 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Elwell | NE 36° | 2,361 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Fillmore | N 353° | 2,344 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bowman Mountain | SE 130° | 2,251 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Washington | NNE 28° | 2,236 m | 12.9 mi |
| Pinoli Peak | ESE 117° | 2,213 m | 10.7 mi |
| Gibraltar | NNE 14° | 2,210 m | 10.8 mi |
| Beartrap Mountain | N 5° | 2,172 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 55 | 44 | 38 |
| Precip in | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 11.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downieville, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1931178334
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- Grass Valley · 27 mi
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