Fillmore and Western Railway Museum
Fillmore and Western Railway Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 145 m. Alamo Mountain stands 2,248 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fillmore Historical Society, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Fillmore and Western Railway (reporting mark FWRY) was a heritage railway which operated on track owned by the Ventura County Transportation Commission. Visitors to Fillmore would see filming activity as well as sets and support equipment at the company's rail yard and along the tracks between Santa Paula and Piru. They stopped operating on the line in 2021.
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Wikidata Q5448874, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Main Street Park: 0.1 mi
- Central Park: 0.2 mi
- Rio Vista Park: 0.4 mi
- Meadowlark Park: 0.9 mi
- Delores Day Park: 1.1 mi
- Fillmore Nature Park: 0.7 mi
- The Nature Conservancy Land: 2.0 mi
- BLM Open Space: 3.1 mi
- BLM Open Space: 3.4 mi
- BLM Open Space: 3.9 mi
- Sulphur Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Oat Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Hutton Peak: 4.4 mi
- San Cayetano Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Hopper Mountain: 6.0 mi
- The Sunburst Railbikes: 9.1 mi
- Hartley Botanica: 9.4 mi
- Modern Art: 10.4 mi
- Underwood Family Farms: 10.4 mi
- Air Force 1: 10.8 mi
- Saint Francis Dam Disaster Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Norwegian Grade: 11.7 mi
- Champions: 12.1 mi
- Martin Luther: 12.2 mi
- Wildwood Fort (former site): 12.8 mi
- Wood Ranch Clock: 11.5 mi
- Heading For The Endzone: 12.1 mi
- Shrine to the Unbord: 12.6 mi
- Sisters of Notre Dame: 12.6 mi
- Coyote Statues: 12.8 mi
- Fillmore Historical Society: 0.0 mi
- Santa Clara River Valley Railroad Visitor Center: 0.2 mi
- Fillmore Historical Museum: 0.2 mi
- Rancho Camulos: 8.7 mi
- California Oil Museum: 9.1 mi
- Las Flores Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Kids Adventure Garden: 14.3 mi
- Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 14.3 mi
- Gardens of the World: 15.8 mi
- Native Garden: 17.4 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 12.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 12.7 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 12.8 mi
- Oak Grove: 12.8 mi
- Rodeo Spring: 7.7 mi
- Arundell Spring: 8.2 mi
- Saputiwah Spring: 9.6 mi
- Bucksnort Spring: 10.7 mi
- Juan Fernandez Spring: 10.8 mi
- Big Beach: 22.4 mi
- Little Beach: 22.5 mi
- La Jolla Beach: 23.0 mi
- Surfer's Knoll: 23.1 mi
- Mandalay State Beach: 23.8 mi
- Punch Bowl: 9.2 mi
- Jackson Falls: 9.5 mi
- White Swift Falls: 10.3 mi
- Paradise Falls: 12.7 mi
- Rose Valley Falls: 17.8 mi
- Topatopa Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 18.9 mi
- Foothill Crag "The Foot": 20.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.8 mi
- Coba Arch: 15.2 mi
- Mentryville: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Fillmore and Western Railway Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Mountain | N 351° | 2,248 m | 18.7 mi |
| Peak 7047 | N 349° | 2,148 m | 17.0 mi |
| Thorn Point | NW 319° | 2,092 m | 19.0 mi |
| McDonald Peak | N 354° | 2,090 m | 16.3 mi |
| Sewart Mountain | N 1° | 2,076 m | 16.7 mi |
| Cobblestone Mountain | N 9° | 2,042 m | 14.7 mi |
| Hines Peak | NW 309° | 2,041 m | 12.2 mi |
| San Rafael Peak | NNW 341° | 2,022 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:35 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:11 | 16:50 |
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 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 65 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camarillo AP, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/275404820
Day trips start here
- Fillmore · 0 mi
- Santa Clara Valley · 2 mi
- Santa Paula · 9 mi
- Simi Valley · 13 mi
- Camarillo · 15 mi
- Thousand Oaks · 15 mi
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