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El Dorado Historical Museum

El Dorado Historical Museum from directly overhead

El Dorado Historical Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 528 m. Saddle Mountain stands 1,555 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is El Dorado County Historical Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
528 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.72452, -120.83432
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • El Dorado Transit Park & Ride: 0.5 mi
  • El Dorado Missouri Flat Trailhead: 1.5 mi
  • Old Depot Bike Park: 1.6 mi
  • Placerville City Park: 1.8 mi
  • Rotary Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Sacramento Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Union Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Negro Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Gopher Hill: 5.9 mi
Museums: 30
Historic sites: 22
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 9
  • Southwind Labradors: 9.3 mi
  • Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 9.9 mi
  • Cameron Park CSD Pool: 10.2 mi
  • Leoni House: 19.3 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Keirwin's Corner: 16.2 mi
  • Wreckage Wall: 16.3 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon: 16.4 mi
  • Scale Wall: 16.4 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 16.4 mi
Springs: 9
  • Marble Springs: 18.4 mi
  • Jay Bird Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Dad Youngs Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 9.8 mi
  • Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Ralston Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
  • Antelope Creek Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Rock Creek: 5.8 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Leete Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Pit Stop Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 15.4 mi
  • Tamaroo Bar: 16.1 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 19.9 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Ridgeview EcoLab: 20.0 mi
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 21.6 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 22.8 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Artworks: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of El Dorado Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddle MountainENE 58°1,555 m15.9 mi
Little Sugar Pine MountainNE 53°1,492 m15.8 mi
Chaix MountainENE 61°1,471 m15.9 mi
Sand MountainNE 43°1,433 m13.9 mi
Bald MountainNNE 29°1,396 m14.2 mi
Union HillE 80°1,316 m15.3 mi
Big ButteESE 103°1,306 m15.1 mi
Big MountainNE 54°1,283 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:4019:5220:32
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1916:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464852556270777672635245

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Placerville, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368174099

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