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Mendocino County Museum

Mendocino County Museum, a museum in California
Mendocino County Museum, a museum in CaliforniaMissvain · CC BY 4.0
Mendocino County Museum, a museum in California
Missvain · CC BY 4.0
Mendocino County Museum, a museum in California
Missvain · CC BY 4.0
Mendocino County Museum, a museum in California
Missvain · CC BY 4.0
Mendocino County Museum, a museum in California
Missvain · CC BY 4.0
Mendocino County Museum, a museum in California
Missvain · CC BY 4.0

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Mendocino County Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 414 m. Big Signal Peak stands 1,882 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Recreation Grove Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
414 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.41311, -123.34599
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Red Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Big Darby Peak: 3.4 mi
  • Eagle Summit: 3.7 mi
  • Little Darby Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Irene Peak: 5.6 mi
Parks: 48
  • Recreation Grove Park: 0.1 mi
  • Fairgrounds: 0.1 mi
  • Willits Rodeo Grounds: 0.2 mi
  • Willits City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Highway Twenty Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Willts Centennial Monument: 0.4 mi
  • Willits Arch: 0.7 mi
  • "Ruins" (Not that ruined): 3.8 mi
  • Grubb Grove: 12.8 mi
  • Historic Winery: 16.0 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Springs: 8
  • Joe Burke Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Vichy Springs: 19.8 mi
  • Logan Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Alder Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Chipmunk Spring: 22.7 mi
Gardens: 7
  • zen garden: 1.8 mi
  • Vinewood Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Rain Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Rain Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Temple Garden: 21.7 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Willits "W" Sign: 3.2 mi
  • Tree Carving: 18.4 mi
  • Tree Carving: 18.4 mi
  • Ukiah U sign: 18.9 mi
  • Ukiah Valley - Past, Present & Future: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Dogwood Day Use: 11.0 mi
  • Camp 20: 12.1 mi
  • Oak Grove Day Use Area: 15.3 mi
  • Camp One Day Use: 18.2 mi
  • Huckleberry Hollow: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 6
Museums: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Seabiscuit's Grave and Statue: 6.7 mi
  • Ukiah U sign: 18.9 mi
  • Lopes Cabin: 20.2 mi
  • Skunk Train: 24.7 mi
  • Tide pools: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Chamberlain Creek Waterfall: 12.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Whale Rock Arch: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Mendocino County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Signal PeakENE 62°1,882 m15.1 mi
Impassable RockNE 55°1,743 m14.7 mi
Little SignalENE 70°1,713 m16.0 mi
Little Signal PeakENE 66°1,701 m16.0 mi
Brushy MountainNNE 24°1,480 m13.8 mi
Horse MountainESE 110°1,430 m21.2 mi
Bald MountainNE 40°1,279 m13.4 mi
Pine MountainESE 103°1,239 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:26
June solstice05:4720:0420:44
September equinox07:0218:3719:12
December solstice07:3116:1116:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444547505560666562554843
Precip in9.28.67.13.41.80.50.00.10.42.65.89.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willits 1 NE, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/868503348

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