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Hemet Museum

Hemet Museum from directly overhead

Hemet Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 486 m. San Jacinto Peak stands 3,288 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Victorian Bridal Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Hemet Heritage Foundation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.74791, -116.97217
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Welch Memorial Green: 0.3 mi
  • Weston Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rodighier Green: 0.6 mi
  • Griffith Way Park: 0.8 mi
  • Jerry Searl Sports Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
  • Park Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Hemet Butte: 2.8 mi
  • Tres Cerritos: 3.3 mi
  • Reservoir Butte: 3.3 mi
  • Polly Butte: 4.9 mi
Springs
  • Oak Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Cave Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Pigeon Spring: 9.8 mi
  • fawn spring: 9.9 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 10.0 mi
Attractions
  • Splash Pad: 11.7 mi
  • Gilman Ranch: 13.7 mi
  • Perris Valley Thermometer: 13.9 mi
  • Skydive Perris: 14.3 mi
  • Wilson Creek Wine Tasting: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 46
Gardens: 43
  • Prayer Garden: 4.4 mi
  • The Rose Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Nature Corner: 14.6 mi
  • School Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Alpenglow Lilac Gardens: 15.8 mi
Museums: 30
Artworks: 25
  • Horse: 16.2 mi
  • Horse: 16.2 mi
  • Dinny: 16.5 mi
  • Mr. Rex: 16.5 mi
  • S: 18.3 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Waterfalls: 12
  • Fuller Mill Creek Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Andreas Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Dry Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Big Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Tahquitz Falls: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Hemet Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Jacinto PeakENE 75°3,288 m17.4 mi
Jean PeakENE 76°3,202 m17.3 mi
Folly PeakENE 74°3,195 m17.2 mi
Marion MountainENE 79°3,150 m16.7 mi
Miller PeakENE 75°3,143 m17.8 mi
Newton Drury PeakENE 76°3,102 m16.9 mi
Mount Saint EllenENE 78°3,097 m16.5 mi
Cornell PeakENE 76°2,928 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2719:00
June solstice05:3919:2620:02
September equinox06:3718:1318:46
December solstice06:5016:0616:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535458616773798076685952
Precip in2.72.81.70.80.50.10.20.10.30.50.81.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jacinto, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/277316244

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