Fort MacArthur Museum
Fort MacArthur Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 74 m. Mount Orizaba stands 639 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Farley, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 24 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
former military base in Los Angeles
Wikidata Q5471564, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1916
- Elevation
- 74 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 24.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Battery Farley: 0.0 mi
- Battery Osgood: 0.0 mi
- Battery Leary: 0.1 mi
- Battery Merriam: 0.2 mi
- Korean Friendship Bell: 0.2 mi
- Lookout Point Park: 0.2 mi
- Wilder Annex Point Fermin Park: 0.3 mi
- Point Fermin Park: 0.4 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Park: 0.7 mi
- Alma Park: 0.9 mi
- Stephen M. White: 0.6 mi
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: 0.7 mi
- Victory Arch: 1.3 mi
- Ghost Fish: 1.7 mi
- Jabob's Ladder: 2.1 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Bath House: 0.7 mi
- George F. Canyon Nature Center: 4.5 mi
- Banning Residence Museum: 5.8 mi
- Lomita Railroad Museum: 6.1 mi
- B-427 Scorpion: 6.7 mi
- SS Lane Victory: 1.4 mi
- Battleship USS Iowa: 2.3 mi
- The Graben: 3.9 mi
- Wayfarers Chapel: 5.2 mi
- Tiger Woods Point: 6.5 mi
- Gaffey Street Community Gardens: 3.1 mi
- Gaffey Street Community Gardens: 3.2 mi
- She-Oak Meadow: 5.5 mi
- South Coast Botanic Garden: 5.7 mi
- Desert Garden: 5.7 mi
- White Point Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Least Tern Site: 2.8 mi
- Ocean Trails Reserve: 2.9 mi
- Forrestal Reserve: 3.7 mi
- George F Canyon Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- San Pedro Hill: 3.3 mi
- Ridgecrest Hill: 5.9 mi
- Signal Hill: 9.7 mi
- Landing Hill: 11.8 mi
- Blue Cavern Point: 21.0 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 0.7 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 1.8 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 8.2 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 9.8 mi
- Mother's Beach: 10.6 mi
- Day Camp: 9.3 mi
- Mother's Beach: 10.6 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Washington Park Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Common Grounds: 19.5 mi
- Washout Falls: 22.6 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 22.6 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 22.6 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 22.7 mi
- Torqua Spring: 23.0 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 24.8 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 0.5 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 2.1 mi
- Spa Palace: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort MacArthur Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Orizaba | SSW 197° | 639 m | 24.2 mi |
| Black Jack Mountain | SSW 195° | 596 m | 23.3 mi |
| Silver Peak | SW 222° | 550 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Banning | SSW 199° | 492 m | 24.9 mi |
| Fletcher | SSW 194° | 454 m | 22.1 mi |
| San Pedro Hill | NW 315° | 449 m | 3.3 mi |
| Slide 2 | SW 223° | 419 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mount Torquemada | SW 214° | 407.2 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
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 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Torrance AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 74000526OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Battery Osgood-Farley, reference 74000526, listed 10/16/74.
OpenStreetMap element node/10851158514
Day trips start here
- Long Beach · 10 mi
- Seal Beach · 11 mi
- Compton · 13 mi
- Gardena · 13 mi
- Hawthorne · 14 mi
- Lakewood · 14 mi
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