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Hollywood Wax Museum

Hollywood Wax Museum from directly overhead

Hollywood Wax Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Mount Disappointment stands 1,819 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Walk of Fame, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 5.8 miles off.

The story

wax museum in Los Angeles, California

Dates from 1965.

Wikidata Q5883025, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.10173, -118.33812

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Walk of Fame: 0.0 mi
  • Walk of Fame: 0.0 mi
  • Walk of Fame: 0.0 mi
  • Walk of Fame: 0.0 mi
  • Walk of Fame: 0.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger: 0.0 mi
  • Cameron Diaz: 0.1 mi
  • Silvester Stallone: 0.1 mi
  • Harrison Ford: 0.1 mi
  • Gene Roddenberry: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • Yamashiro Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • Spanish Garden: 1.0 mi
  • American Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Italian Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Old Japanese Garden: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 45
  • Captain's Roost: 2.7 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 2.8 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 3.4 mi
  • Griffith Park Old Zoo: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Temescal Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 13.0 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Millard Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Royal Falls: 14.2 mi
Springs: 18
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 7.9 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 10.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 15.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.0 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 21.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 5.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Hollywood Wax Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DisappointmentNE 53°1,819 m16.7 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 51°1,767 m16.3 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 56°1,746 m16.5 mi
Mount LoweNE 56°1,699 m16.0 mi
Josephine PeakNE 40°1,694 m16.5 mi
Mount LukensNNE 26°1,546.6 m12.9 mi
Condor PointNNE 22°1,538.3 m16.3 mi
Muir PeakENE 60°1,427 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565659626569747674686055
Precip in3.74.52.80.90.40.10.00.00.10.70.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Valley Pump PLT, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3861449031

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