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Gilroy Museum

Gilroy Museum from directly overhead

Gilroy Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgar Holloway House, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Not in use. Expect no services.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.00795, -121.57169

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
  • Milias Group Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
  • Park Maintenance: 5.5 mi
  • Sandy Beach Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
  • San Ysidro Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions: 51
  • Banana Split: 3.0 mi
  • Tubs-O-Fun: 3.1 mi
  • Strawberry Sundae: 3.1 mi
  • Bulgy the Goldfish: 3.1 mi
  • Timber Twister: 3.1 mi
Historic sites: 43
Springs: 35
  • El Pajaro Springs: 7.0 mi
  • Spike Jones Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Mistletoe Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Willson Camp Quartz Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Willson Camp Hillside Spring: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 27
  • Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 0.2 mi
  • Fat Bhuda: 10.1 mi
  • Bhuda: 10.2 mi
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 15.8 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 16.5 mi
Museums: 26
Gardens: 22
  • Garden Essential: 2.2 mi
  • Claudia's Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Rainbow Garden: 3.2 mi
  • South County Backroads Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Holly Garden: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 22
Waterfalls: 13
  • Bonfante Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Pacheco Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Triple Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Gilroy Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaWNW 295°1,154 m16.6 mi
Crystal PeakWNW 297°1,097 m16.3 mi
Mount ChualWNW 298°1,046 m16.4 mi
Mount SizerNNE 13°998 m14.6 mi
Middle RidgeN 6°884 m13.9 mi
Nesbit RidgeNNE 14°850.7 m9.1 mi
Pacheco PeakE 90°844 m15.7 mi
Larios PeakNNE 20°840 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:18
June solstice05:4819:5120:30
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:1716:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586367717169635549
Precip in4.54.32.61.30.60.10.00.00.00.91.73.7

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/27420585

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