Interpretive Center
Interpretive Center is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,374 m. Richardson Peak stands 3,002 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Nature Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 5.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 4.3 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 8 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 21 mi
- Lembert Dome · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunrise Peak: 0.3 mi
- North Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bear Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Ackerson Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Preston Falls: 1.5 mi
- Carlon Falls: 5.5 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 7.2 mi
- Wapama Falls: 7.6 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 9.4 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 8.9 mi
- Shingle Spring: 9.1 mi
- Rackerby Jack Spring: 10.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 12.7 mi
- Walton Cabin Spring: 13.2 mi
- Nature Museum: 0.1 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 14.9 mi
- Indian Village: 17.2 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 17.2 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 17.3 mi
- El Portal Park: 14.8 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 16.3 mi
- Red Cloud: 17.6 mi
- Groveland Sports Complex: 20.4 mi
- Mary Laveroni Park: 20.5 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 14.0 mi
- Rockslides: 15.2 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 17.0 mi
- Profile Cliff: 18.0 mi
- The Fissures: 18.1 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 4.7 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Remote Camp: 15.0 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 15.3 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 8.3 mi
- Merced Grove: 9.2 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 14.9 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 14.9 mi
- Valley View Parking: 15.3 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 18.4 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 19.0 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 19.0 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 20.3 mi
- Beach 2: 22.6 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 15.0 mi
- John Muir: 17.0 mi
- World Heritage Site: 17.3 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 18.5 mi
- Women's Club Building: 18.5 mi
- Dedication Garden: 15.1 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 17.3 mi
- Cat Town: 20.9 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Interpretive Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson Peak | NNE 32° | 3,002 m | 16.5 mi |
| Double Rock | E 85° | 2,982 m | 15.5 mi |
| Wheeler Peak | NNE 24° | 2,736 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mahan Peak | NE 38° | 2,735 m | 14.9 mi |
| Tiltill Mountain | NE 46° | 2,733 m | 14.4 mi |
| Rancheria Mountain | ENE 68° | 2,732 m | 14.5 mi |
| Andrews Peak | NE 41° | 2,611 m | 14.4 mi |
| Nance Peak | NNE 23° | 2,578 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:46 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hetch Hetchy, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/582638181
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 19 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 20 mi
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