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Lomita Railroad Museum

Lomita Railroad Museum, a museum in California
Lomita Railroad Museum, a museum in CaliforniaTracie Hall · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lomita Railroad Museum, a museum in California
Tracie Hall from Orange County, us · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lomita Railroad Museum, a museum in California
Tracie Hall from Orange County, us · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lomita Railroad Museum, a museum in California
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Lomita Railroad Museum, a museum in California
Tracie Hall · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Lomita Railroad Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Temescal Peak stands 648 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Irene Lewis Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 19 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Lomita Railroad Museum is a museum in Lomita, California, United States, devoted to California railroad history. “Exhibits include a full-size steam locomotive with tender and caboose, and a station housing scale models, photographs and paintings of trains.” It was founded by Irene Lewis in the early 1960s on a single lot in the middle of a residential part of Lomita, and had its grand opening on June 23, 1967. The museum building is a replica of a 19th-century depot, Boston & Maine's Greenwood Station that once stood in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and there is a full size replica of a water tower. The museum grounds now function as a small public park.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1966.

Wikidata Q3258872, matched on coordinates and name (28 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
1966
Height
6.9 m
Elevation
28.2 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Lomita Railroad Museum Foundation
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.79842, -118.31873

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 43
Picnic sites: 24
Beaches: 16
Waterfalls: 6
  • Temescal Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Washout Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 22.9 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 18.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 18.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lomita Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Temescal PeakNNW 327°648 m24.9 mi
Green PeakNNW 327°590 m23.9 mi
Cahuenga PeakN 359°553 m23.4 mi
Goat Peak (High Point)NNW 327°527 m22.6 mi
Mount LeeN 360°521 m23.2 mi
Burbank PeakN 358°515 m23.3 mi
Mount HollywoodN 3°492 m22.8 mi
Mount ChapelN 1°492 m23.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4419:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1918:51
December solstice06:5516:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759616466697070666156
Precip in3.43.72.00.60.30.10.10.00.10.50.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Torrance AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/442350686

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