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Escondido Museum

Escondido Museum from directly overhead

Escondido Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Pine Mountain stands 1,284 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Grape Day Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

About

The story

city in San Diego County, United States

Dates from 1888.

Wikidata Q372454, matched on coordinates and name (301 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
199 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.12419, -117.08400
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grape Day Park: 0.0 mi
  • Maple Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Mercado Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Westside Park: 0.8 mi
  • Grove Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Grande Step Totem: 0.2 mi
  • Muffler Man: 0.3 mi
  • Wired Circle: 5.4 mi
  • Rockwell Steps: 5.7 mi
  • The Hawk: 7.9 mi
Attractions
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 3.3 mi
  • Gorilla: 5.2 mi
  • Mawazo Woods Discovery Area: 5.2 mi
  • Elephant Valley: 5.3 mi
  • Platypus: 5.3 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 57
Museums: 41
  • San Diego Children's Discovery Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Vista Historical Society: 8.9 mi
  • Poway Heritage Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Classic Rotors Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 11.9 mi
Historic sites: 40
  • Helen Bougher Memorial Wall: 3.5 mi
  • Soroptomist Grove: 5.1 mi
  • Battlefield Historical Monument: 6.0 mi
  • Stagecoach Station Ruins: 9.3 mi
  • Cyanide Vat: 9.3 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Cliffs: 19
  • Del Mar Bluff: 16.0 mi
  • Net Muc: 17.8 mi
  • Thumb: 20.6 mi
  • Main Area: 20.6 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 17
Springs: 14
  • Indian Rock Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Bear Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • El Salto Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 14.7 mi
  • Washtub Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Upper Barker Valley Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Lower Barker Valley Falls: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 3.6 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 4.4 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Escondido Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainENE 60°1,284 m15.1 mi
Rodriguez MountainNE 54°1,183 m12.9 mi
Woodson MountainSE 141°878 m10.3 mi
North Iron MountainSE 142°824 m11.6 mi
Iron MountainSE 145°818 m13.0 mi
Black ButteENE 73°816 m14.7 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakSE 141°802 m12.2 mi
Middle SummitSE 142°790 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2520:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636771767775696256
Precip in3.23.62.21.00.40.10.10.10.20.61.12.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Escondido #2, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/94259781

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