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Firehouse Number 1 Museum

Firehouse Number 1 Museum from directly overhead

Firehouse Number 1 Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 760 m. Remington Hill stands 1,477 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Old Wells Fargo Building, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
760 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.26328, -121.01727
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Banner Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Round Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Ophir Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Gold Hill: 4.5 mi
Parks: 49
  • Calanan Park: 0.1 mi
  • Tobiassen Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Hirschman's Pond: 1.4 mi
  • Devere Mautino Park: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 27
  • Site of Old Wells Fargo Building: 0.0 mi
  • Stamp Mill: 0.1 mi
  • Stewart Mansion: 0.4 mi
  • Providence Mine: 1.1 mi
  • Cascade Canal Access Trail: 1.9 mi
Cliffs: 23
Picnic sites: 10
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 6.9 mi
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 9.9 mi
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 17.1 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 18.3 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 9
  • Bourn Cottage: 4.2 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 4.7 mi
  • Purdon Crossing: 4.7 mi
  • China Dam: 4.8 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 5.0 mi
Museums: 8
Springs: 8
  • Oven Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Holden Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Willow Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Nisenan Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 4.1 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Codfish Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Eagle: 22.9 mi
  • Giant Indian Statues: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Firehouse Number 1 Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Remington HillE 79°1,477 m13.1 mi
Negro Jack HillE 89°1,401 m12.9 mi
McGuire MountainE 94°1,352 m11.9 mi
Spaulding PointESE 103°1,333 m11.9 mi
Alaska PeakN 3°1,225 m12.8 mi
Frost HillESE 114°1,195 m11.5 mi
Columbia HillNNE 17°1,191 m9.2 mi
Columbia HillNNE 17°1,190 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3919:5420:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2116:0316:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515967747369594842
Precip in10.910.59.95.22.90.90.00.10.52.96.212.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nevada City, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/368174039

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