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Museum of Making Music

Museum of Making Music, a museum in California
Museum of Making Music, a museum in Californiadoryfour · CC BY-SA 2.0
Museum of Making Music, a museum in California
doryfour · CC BY-SA 2.0
Museum of Making Music, a museum in California
doryfour · CC BY-SA 2.0
Museum of Making Music, a museum in California
doryfour · CC BY-SA 2.0
Museum of Making Music, a museum in California
doryfour · CC BY-SA 2.0
Museum of Making Music, a museum in California
B.J. Morgan · CC BY 3.0

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Museum of Making Music is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Clark stands 1,527 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Carlsbad Flower Fields, a attraction 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

The Museum of Making Music, or MoMM, is a museum dedicated to music products. A signature program of the National Association of Music Merchants' NAMM Foundation, the museum is located at NAMM's headquarters in Carlsbad, California.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2000.

Wikidata Q6940937, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.12725, -117.31706
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 60
  • Carlsbad Flower Fields: 0.1 mi
  • Dino Outpost: 0.3 mi
  • Coastersaurus: 0.3 mi
  • Lego New England: 0.3 mi
  • Lego Ferndale: 0.3 mi
Artworks
  • Lego Eiffel Tower: 0.3 mi
  • Lego Taj Majal: 0.3 mi
  • Lego London Eye: 0.3 mi
  • Lego Big Ben: 0.3 mi
  • Lego Mt. Rushmore: 0.3 mi
Parks
Peaks
Gardens: 37
Museums: 33
Historic sites: 29
Nature reserves: 26
Beaches: 22
Picnic sites: 6
  • Royal Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 10.9 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 15.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Indian Rock Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Case Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Mud Springs: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • El Salto Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 16.0 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Museum of Making Music. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ClarkN 357°1,527 m19.8 mi
Margarita PeakN 349°956 m22.3 mi
PatrolN 10°884 m19.1 mi
Woodson MountainESE 112°878 m21.7 mi
Starvation MountainESE 105°641 m19.7 mi
Pala MountainNE 47°636 m21.5 mi
Bottle PeakE 83°635 m18.2 mi
Burnt MountainENE 70°632 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:01
June solstice05:4219:2620:02
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4916:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565658606365697170666156
Precip in2.52.61.60.90.30.10.10.00.10.51.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlsbad Mcclellan Palomar AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/656610034

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