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Griffith Quarry Museum

Griffith Quarry Museum from directly overhead

Griffith Quarry Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 209 m. Mameluke Hill stands 822 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Griffith Quarry Historic Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The story

place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places

Wikidata Q14682076, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85114, -121.16438

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Griffith Quarry Historic Park: 0.1 mi
  • Penryn Park: 1.2 mi
  • Loomis Basin Community Park North: 1.8 mi
  • Loomis Basin Community Park South: 2.0 mi
  • Sunrise Loomis Community Park: 2.2 mi
Peaks
  • Sugarloaf: 1.7 mi
  • Bald Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Duncan Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Thunder hill: 5.2 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 31
Nature reserves: 21
  • Traylor Ranch Nature Reserve: 2.4 mi
  • Anderson Island Natural Preserve: 5.3 mi
  • Wesley Reserve: 6.0 mi
  • Miners Ravine Nature Reserve: 6.6 mi
  • Auburn Ravine Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Prayer Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Ridgeview EcoLab: 8.5 mi
  • Border Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 16.2 mi
Artworks: 9
Cliffs: 9
  • Keirwin's Corner: 6.5 mi
  • Shark Tank: 8.0 mi
  • Wreckage Wall: 9.1 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 9.2 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Oregon Bar: 5.9 mi
  • Turrtle Bend: 6.7 mi
  • Tamaroo Bar: 6.9 mi
  • Pit Stop Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Antelope Creek Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Sturzen Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Picnic Tables: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 4.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Leete Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Southwind Labradors: 14.4 mi
  • Cameron Park CSD Pool: 15.8 mi
  • cave: 21.9 mi
  • Safetyville USA: 22.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Wetland Preserve: 4.6 mi
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 5.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Griffith Quarry Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mameluke HillENE 76°822 m17.9 mi
Bottle HillENE 69°807 m18.1 mi
Camels HumpNE 44°803 m19.3 mi
Howell HillNE 35°793 m18.1 mi
Cement HillENE 69°785 m17.8 mi
Spanish HillE 95°760 m19.0 mi
Bald HillE 84°750 m16.8 mi
Coyote HillNE 36°737 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:4019:5420:34
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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/31846226

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