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Mountain History Museum

Mountain History Museum from directly overhead

Mountain History Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,631 m. Butler Peak stands 2,571 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Grass Valley Park, a park 0.4 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5246 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Rim of the World Historical Society

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.26155, -117.21044
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grass Valley Park: 0.4 mi
  • Deer Lodge Park: 1.1 mi
  • Jerimiah McKay Memorial Statue Field: 1.4 mi
  • Lolipop Park: 1.4 mi
  • Center Stage Field: 1.4 mi
Peaks
  • Crest Summit: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Marie Louise: 2.3 mi
  • Strawberry Peak: 2.5 mi
  • Pilot Rock: 3.0 mi
  • Red Rock Wall Point: 3.0 mi
Springs
  • Dishpan Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Warm Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Hot Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Muddy Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 7.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Arrowhead (Landmark): 5.4 mi
  • Original McDonald's Restaurant: 10.6 mi
  • Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Memorial: 11.8 mi
  • Route 66 Rendezvous Cruisin' Hall of Fame: 11.8 mi
  • Conference Tree: 11.9 mi
Artworks
  • Nutcracker: 8.4 mi
  • COE Iron Sculpture: 8.4 mi
  • Jack Brown Sculpture: 8.5 mi
  • CSUSB Wild Song Coyote Statue: 8.5 mi
  • Ronald Reagan Mural on Berlin wall: 9.8 mi
Gardens: 43
  • Rose Garden: 14.1 mi
  • LaFourcade Community Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Brother Boniface Memorial Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Saint Francis Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Fire Prevention Garden: 15.2 mi
Museums: 33
Attractions: 22
Picnic sites: 21
Nature reserves: 21
Waterfalls: 11
  • Aztec Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Hesperia Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Middleman Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Bonita Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Monkeyface Creek: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Hamiltair Cove Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Hamiltair community Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Arrowhead Resort Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Burnt Mill Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Village Beach: 1.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • shooting gallery: 2.8 mi
  • Keller Cliffs: 11.3 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 19.5 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Mountain History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Butler PeakE 92°2,571 m11.6 mi
Delamar MountainE 82°2,559.7 m15.3 mi
Crafts PeakE 94°2,546 m10.4 mi
Grays PeakE 90°2,414 m13.7 mi
Lookout PointESE 106°2,413 m13.9 mi
Keller PeakESE 116°2,391 m10.3 mi
Slide PeakESE 112°2,391 m10.7 mi
South Peak White MountainENE 63°2,356 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:3819:2820:05
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:5216:0516:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373742485463696963534336
Precip in8.49.95.22.81.10.30.10.10.32.12.45.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Arrowhead, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3623918733

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