Golden State Model Railroad Museum
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Golden State Model Railroad Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is George Miller Junior Memorial Regional Shoreline, a park 0.1 miles away.
The story
The Golden State Model Railroad Museum is an operating model railroad exhibit located in Point Richmond, California, within the boundary of the Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline park. It is located in the Brickyard Cove area and features dozens of realistic city and country scenes, with trains from different eras running on several layouts in different scales. It is on the US National Register of Historic Places. Previously based in Oakland, the East Bay Model Engineers Society, which builds and operates the layouts in the Museum, was founded in 1933 and is one of the oldest continually operating model railroad clubs in the country. Construction of the museum began in 1986. The Museum operates models ranging from the steam engines and classic passenger trains to today's modern diesel behemoths and Amtrak passenger trains. The 10,000 square foot exhibit includes O scale, HO scale and N scale models, replicating many California railroading locations. Track layouts include historic scenes such as the Oakland Mole, Oakland 16th Street stations ca. 1955, Martinez' John Muir trestle, Tehachapi Loop, Niles Canyon, and Donner Pass.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1933.
Wikidata Q5579828, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- George Miller Junior Memorial Regional Shoreline: 0.1 mi
- John T Knox Shoreline: 0.2 mi
- Ferry Point: 0.5 mi
- Judge George D. Carroll Park: 0.6 mi
- Atchison Village Park: 1.5 mi
- Killdeer Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- East Bay #1: 4.1 mi
- East Bay campsite #2: 4.1 mi
- East Bay campsite #3: 4.1 mi
- Camp Elderberry: 4.2 mi
- Brick Kilns: 0.3 mi
- Rosie the Riveter Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Angel Island Immigration Station: 3.9 mi
- Wooden watchtower: 4.0 mi
- Fort McDowell (East Garrison): 4.2 mi
- Nicholl Knob: 0.4 mi
- Clinton Hill: 3.3 mi
- Albany Hill: 4.5 mi
- Mount Caroline Livermore: 4.5 mi
- William Rust Summit: 5.1 mi
- Point Richmond History Association Museum: 0.8 mi
- Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center: 1.5 mi
- Richmond Museum of History: 1.8 mi
- Internet Archive - Physical Archive: 2.3 mi
- Eames Institute: 3.2 mi
- SS Red Oak Victory: 1.2 mi
- North Richmond Ballpark: 3.3 mi
- Omescape: 4.1 mi
- The Mira Vista Rock: 4.1 mi
- Metallica Mansion: 4.4 mi
- Tern Nesting: 1.7 mi
- South Richmond Shoreline: 2.9 mi
- Point Isabel Regional Shoreline: 3.5 mi
- North Richmond Wetlands: 4.0 mi
- North Richmond Shoreline: 4.2 mi
- Richmond Dances and Grows: 1.9 mi
- Mosaics: 1.9 mi
- Play: 1.9 mi
- I Spy: 2.0 mi
- Amass Joy: 2.0 mi
- Succulent Garden: 2.0 mi
- Village Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- AMS Garden: 5.0 mi
- Urban Adamah: 5.0 mi
- Blake Garden: 5.4 mi
- Keller Beach: 0.4 mi
- Point Molate Beach: 2.3 mi
- Albany Beach: 4.1 mi
- Quarry Beach: 4.3 mi
- Sand Springs Beach: 4.8 mi
- Old Spring: 9.2 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.2 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.3 mi
- Worn Springs: 11.1 mi
- Dawn Falls: 9.9 mi
- Kent Falls: 10.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.2 mi
- Huntington Falls: 11.3 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 12.7 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 0.3 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Rock Fort: 11.0 mi
- Vent 5: 13.1 mi
- Chab: 18.8 mi
- Winehaven: 3.1 mi
- Lynn: 11.4 mi
- Eckley: 13.7 mi
- Wingo: 21.9 mi
- Russell City: 22.7 mi
- Quarters A: 7.5 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 7.5 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 10.5 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 10.5 mi
- Temple: 23.3 mi
- Keyhole: 23.8 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.6 mi
- Rest Stop: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Golden State Model Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | W 275° | 784 m | 10.6 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | ESE 104° | 581 m | 9.1 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | ESE 106° | 540 m | 9.1 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | ESE 106° | 531 m | 8.5 mi |
| Barberry Peak | ESE 109° | 513 m | 9.8 mi |
| Eureka Peak | ESE 105° | 495 m | 9.7 mi |
| Spiral Knob | ESE 110° | 423 m | 8.9 mi |
| Wildcat Peak | E 88° | 370 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 51 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 57 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368174007
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