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Folsom Prison Museum

Folsom Prison Museum from directly overhead

Folsom Prison Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 95 m. Hotchkiss Hill stands 973 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Russville Ditch, a historic site 0.5 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
95 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.69237, -121.16088
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Folsom City Park: 0.7 mi
  • Folsom Lake State Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
  • Folsom Rodeo Park: 0.8 mi
  • Briggs Ranch Mini Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hannaford Family Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Nedbelle Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Blisk Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Volcano Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Carpenter Hill: 4.4 mi
Museums: 43
Historic sites: 42
Attractions: 39
Artworks: 36
Gardens: 28
  • Ridgeview EcoLab: 3.7 mi
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Border Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 15.9 mi
Nature reserves: 16
  • Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve: 2.5 mi
  • Natomas Station Wildlife Area: 2.6 mi
  • Miners Ravine Nature Reserve: 4.4 mi
  • Anderson Island Natural Preserve: 7.5 mi
  • Wesley Reserve: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 7
  • Laurel Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 3.1 mi
  • Pit Stop Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Leete Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 8.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Rock Creek: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 8.5 mi
  • Spanish Spring: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Folsom Prison Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hotchkiss HillNE 51°973 m24.1 mi
Shoemaker HillNE 55°930 m23.3 mi
Mameluke HillNE 48°822 m23.0 mi
Bottle HillNE 44°807 m24.1 mi
Cement HillNE 44°785 m23.9 mi
Round HillENE 65°775 m22.2 mi
Spanish HillENE 64°760 m20.9 mi
Negro HillENE 78°751 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:4119:5420:33
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2016:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475053566472787773645347
Precip in7.06.56.12.81.60.40.00.10.21.43.06.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368174471

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