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Eames Institute

Eames Institute from directly overhead

Eames Institute is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the east-southeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Crescent Park Center, a park 0.2 miles away.

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Coordinates37.91341, -122.32580

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Crescent Park Center: 0.2 mi
Monterey Park: 0.3 mi
Booker T Anderson Eastshore Park: 0.4 mi
Booker Anderson Eastshore Park: 0.4 mi
North Point Isabel: 0.6 mi

Nature reserves

Historic sites

Rosie the Riveter Memorial: 1.2 mi
Rancho San Pablo-Rancho San Antonio boundary marker: 1.7 mi
Grande Vista Sanitarium: 2.7 mi
Brick Kilns: 2.9 mi
Farms: In West Berkeley?: 3.1 mi

Attractions

Omescape: 1.3 mi
Metallica Mansion: 1.4 mi
The Mira Vista Rock: 1.9 mi
SS Red Oak Victory: 2.2 mi
Little Farm: 3.4 mi

Artworks

Water Goddess: 1.5 mi
Life: 1.5 mi
Covid 2020: 1.7 mi
The bulb: 1.7 mi
Mad Mark's Castle: 1.7 mi

Museums

Internet Archive - Physical Archive: 1.5 mi
Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center: 1.7 mi
Blake Garden: 2.2 mi
Richmond Museum of History: 2.7 mi
Golden State Model Railroad Museum: 3.2 mi

Peaks

Albany Hill: 1.7 mi
Clinton Hill: 2.0 mi
William Rust Summit: 2.1 mi
Nicholl Knob: 3.1 mi
Wildcat Peak: 3.5 mi

Gardens

Succulent Garden: 1.9 mi
AMS Garden: 2.0 mi
Blake Garden: 2.3 mi
Village Community Garden: 2.3 mi
Urban Adamah: 2.6 mi

Picnic sites

Camp Buckeye: 2.7 mi
Camp Elderberry: 2.7 mi
Camp Alvarado: 2.7 mi
Camp Bay: 2.8 mi
Killdeer Picnic Area: 3.3 mi

Beaches36

Springs25

El Polín Spring: 10.8 mi
El Polín Spring: 10.9 mi
El Polín Spring: 10.9 mi
Old Spring: 12.0 mi
Worn Springs: 14.2 mi

Waterfalls15

Abrigo Falls: 9.6 mi
Rainbow Falls: 12.9 mi
Huntington Falls: 12.9 mi
Dawn Falls: 13.0 mi
Kent Falls: 13.9 mi

Cliffs9

East Slope Badlands: 2.9 mi
Yellow Bluff: 9.6 mi
Rock Fort: 13.8 mi
Vent 5: 16.1 mi
Chab: 16.5 mi

Ghost towns9

Winehaven: 5.6 mi
Lynn: 9.3 mi
Eckley: 11.8 mi
Russell City: 20.8 mi
Ambrose: 22.1 mi

Lighthouses3

Natural arches1

Bird Island Arch: 13.1 mi

Rest areas1

Rest Stop: 16.7 mi

Hot springs1

Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 16.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Eames Institute. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Vollmer Peak	ESE 110°	581 m	6.0 mi
Chaparral Peak	ESE 113°	540 m	6.1 mi
Grizzly Peak	ESE 113°	531 m	5.5 mi
Round Top	ESE 121°	531 m	8.5 mi
Barberry Peak	ESE 116°	513 m	6.9 mi
Volcanic Peak	ESE 118°	498 m	7.9 mi
Eureka Peak	ESE 111°	495 m	6.6 mi
Redwood Peak	SE 129°	493 m	10.5 mi

Conditions

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Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:14	18:47	19:22
June solstice	05:48	19:56	20:36
September equinox	06:58	18:33	19:08
December solstice	07:22	16:13	16:54

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	51	54	56	58	61	63	63	64	65	63	57	51
Precip in	4.8	4.8	3.2	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.4	2.7	4.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/484528252

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