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Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park Museum

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park Museum from directly overhead

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 231 m. Saddle Mountain stands 1,555 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Beer Garden Picnic Area, a park 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

state park of California, United States, marking the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush

Wikidata Q6773595, matched on coordinates and name (295 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
231 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.80035, -120.89238
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beer Garden Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • James W Marshall State Historical Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park: 0.5 mi
  • Henningsen Lotus Park: 0.8 mi
  • Dave Moore Nature Area: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Murphy Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Perry Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Gopher Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Clark Mountain: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 27
Nature reserves: 11
Cliffs: 11
  • Wreckage Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon: 10.3 mi
  • Scale Wall: 10.3 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 10.3 mi
  • Long Point: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Pit Stop Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 9.9 mi
  • Tamaroo Bar: 10.3 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Rock Creek: 6.3 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Leete Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 18.0 mi
Springs: 7
  • Dad Youngs Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 17.9 mi
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Jay Bird Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Marble Springs: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 4.9 mi
  • Ralston Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Antelope Creek Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
  • Sturzen Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Ridgeview EcoLab: 17.5 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Southwind Labradors: 9.8 mi
  • Cameron Park CSD Pool: 11.4 mi
  • Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 15.9 mi
  • cave: 21.4 mi
  • Leoni House: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddle MountainE 79°1,555 m16.9 mi
Little Sugar Pine MountainENE 75°1,492 m16.3 mi
Sand MountainENE 69°1,433 m13.6 mi
Bald MountainNE 55°1,396 m12.4 mi
Big MountainE 80°1,283 m14.0 mi
Slate MountainE 82°1,161 m11.3 mi
Mount DanaherESE 108°1,026 m12.7 mi
SugarloafNE 56°1,022 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4019:5320:33
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1916:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464852556270777672635245

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Placerville, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/32808029

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