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Museum of American Treasures

Museum of American Treasures from directly overhead

Museum of American Treasures is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 25 m. Gaskill Peak stands 1,157 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is El Toyon Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
25 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.68339, -117.09559

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • El Toyon Park: 0.5 mi
  • Willie Henderson Sports Complex: 0.8 mi
  • Southcrest Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • Southcrest Recreation Center: 0.9 mi
  • Kimball Park: 0.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 3.9 mi
  • PSA Flight 182 Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • First Emperor of China: 4.2 mi
  • Ernest Hahn: 4.4 mi
  • Alonzo Horton: 4.4 mi
Attractions
  • Sign Welcome to Gaslamp Quarter: 4.1 mi
  • San Diego Convention Center: 4.2 mi
  • House of Spain: 4.5 mi
  • House of the Philippines: 4.5 mi
  • House of Iran: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 38
Cliffs: 27
  • Point Loma: 8.6 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 9.6 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 9.6 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 9.8 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 9.9 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 22
Springs: 12
  • Sweetwater Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Dog Spring: 9.9 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Echo Spring: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 5.0 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 17.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Museum of American Treasures. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gaskill PeakE 80°1,157 m22.4 mi
Lyons PeakE 86°1,139 m19.3 mi
Lawson PeakE 82°1,099 m21.7 mi
Otay MountainESE 113°1,067 m15.8 mi
El CapitanNE 44°1,026 m22.3 mi
Elena MountainE 89°1,015 m21.3 mi
White MountainE 97°989 m22.1 mi
Barber MountainE 89°985 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4716:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616366707171676156
Precip in1.82.31.40.70.30.00.10.00.10.40.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chula Vista, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/368174638

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