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Museum of Latin American Art

Museum of Latin American Art, a museum in California
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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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1996.

Wikidata Q6940919, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
12 m

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.77458, -118.17968

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • 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
Gardens
  • 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
Historic sites
  • 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
Nature reserves: 49
  • 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
Peaks: 35
Picnic sites: 24
  • 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
Beaches: 16
Waterfalls: 5
  • 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
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 20.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Pedro HillWSW 258°449 m9.2 mi
Puente HillsNE 52°435 m20.5 mi
Workman HillNE 34°424 m18.1 mi
Ridgecrest HillW 267°402 m11.3 mi
Whittier HillNNE 31°384 m18.3 mi
Signal PeakESE 119°361 m24.2 mi
Glendale PeakNNW 346°361 m25.0 mi
Robbers PeakE 81°329 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3020:07
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5416:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860636669737473686257
Precip in2.93.01.60.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.2

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 site

OpenStreetMap element node/368174632

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