Museum of Latin American Art

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Museum of Latin American Art is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. San Pedro Hill stands 449 m to the west-southwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 20 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) was founded by Dr. Robert Gumbiner in 1996 in Long Beach, California, United States, and serves the greater Los Angeles area. MOLAA is the only museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino art.
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Dates from 1996.
Wikidata Q6940919, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 12 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- Long Beach Museum of Art: 1.2 mi
- B-427 Scorpion: 1.6 mi
- Long Beach Lifeguard Museum: 3.1 mi
- Rancho Los Alamitos: 4.2 mi
- Miracle on 4th Street Park: 0.5 mi
- East Village Arts Park: 0.6 mi
- Douglas MacArthur Park: 0.7 mi
- Victory Park: 0.7 mi
- Harvey Milk Park: 0.7 mi
- Grand Prix of Long Beach Podium: 0.8 mi
- Grand Prix of Long Beach Finish Line: 1.0 mi
- The Queen Mary Ship: 1.6 mi
- Laura Trelstad: 1.7 mi
- Red Car Greenbelt: 2.4 mi
- Chestnut Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Horticulture: 1.2 mi
- John Parkin Green Space: 1.9 mi
- National Guard Armory Drought Tolerant Garden: 2.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.3 mi
- JAAN-2 Gun Battery: 1.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 1.2 mi
- Lone Sailor commemorative: 1.6 mi
- Bob Lemon Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Douglas Park Globe: 4.1 mi
- Marine Stadium Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Gull Park: 3.1 mi
- Jack Dunster Marine Biological Reserve: 3.6 mi
- Least Tern Site: 5.6 mi
- Dominguez Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.0 mi
- Landing Hill: 5.2 mi
- San Pedro Hill: 9.2 mi
- Ridgecrest Hill: 11.3 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 14.7 mi
- Mother's Beach: 3.6 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Day Camp: 11.8 mi
- Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Washington Park Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 1.1 mi
- Mother's Beach: 3.6 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 7.4 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 9.2 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 9.4 mi
- Washout Falls: 15.1 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 15.1 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 15.1 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 15.1 mi
- Historic Dam: 23.6 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 8.1 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 9.6 mi
- Spa Palace: 20.1 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Latin American Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Pedro Hill | WSW 258° | 449 m | 9.2 mi |
| Puente Hills | NE 52° | 435 m | 20.5 mi |
| Workman Hill | NE 34° | 424 m | 18.1 mi |
| Ridgecrest Hill | W 267° | 402 m | 11.3 mi |
| Whittier Hill | NNE 31° | 384 m | 18.3 mi |
| Signal Peak | ESE 119° | 361 m | 24.2 mi |
| Glendale Peak | NNW 346° | 361 m | 25.0 mi |
| Robbers Peak | E 81° | 329 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 58 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Beach Daugherty AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368174632
Day trips start here
- Long Beach · 2 mi
- Seal Beach · 5 mi
- Lakewood · 6 mi
- Los Alamitos · 7 mi
- Artesia · 8 mi
- Bellflower · 8 mi
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