Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum
Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Area A, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 24 miles off.
The story
museum in California
Dates from 1980.
Wikidata Q140611634, matched on coordinates and name (32 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Monterey County Parks
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bench · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pettits Peak: 10.0 mi
- Cosio Knob: 10.0 mi
- Bear Mountain: 13.3 mi
- Pinyon Peak: 13.4 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 13.6 mi
- San Lorenzo Recreational Area: 0.2 mi
- San Lorenzo Recreation Area: 0.3 mi
- San Antonio Park: 0.4 mi
- Creek Bridge Baseball Park: 0.9 mi
- Salinas Valley Fair Grounds: 1.1 mi
- Parson Spring: 14.6 mi
- Pajaiso Springs: 15.2 mi
- Moses Spring: 18.7 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 19.3 mi
- Oak Tree Spring: 19.8 mi
- Picnic Area A: 0.1 mi
- Picnic Area B: 0.1 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 0.2 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 0.2 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 18.7 mi
- Avenue of Honor: 0.1 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 0.3 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 0.4 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 0.4 mi
- Greenfield Memorial Hall: 10.4 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 20.2 mi
- Laguna falls: 20.5 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
- Devil's falls: 23.1 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 24.5 mi
- The Upper Crust: 18.5 mi
- Discovery Wall: 18.8 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 18.9 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 19.5 mi
- The Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area: 11.6 mi
- Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 12.5 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 22.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 14.4 mi
- Devil's Falls: 23.1 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 24.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 14.4 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | WSW 255° | 1,784 m | 15.8 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | WSW 259° | 1,602 m | 13.4 mi |
| Cone Peak | WSW 241° | 1,572 m | 22.3 mi |
| Black Butte | W 281° | 1,497 m | 22.4 mi |
| Twin Peak | WSW 242° | 1,468 m | 22.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 256° | 1,451 m | 13.3 mi |
| Laguna Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,361 m | 20.9 mi |
| Hepsedam Peak | ENE 67° | 1,354 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — King City, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/587605302
Day trips start here
- King City · 1 mi
- Monterey County · 9 mi
- Soledad · 18 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 19 mi
- San Benito County · 28 mi
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