Museum of Monterey
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Museum of Monterey is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Uncle Sam Mountain stands 1,445 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Monterey Customhouse, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
The Monterey History and Art Museum at Stanton Center, also known as the Monterey History and Art Museum, or simply the Stanton Center, is a fine arts and history museum managed by the Monterey History and Art Association (MHAA), located on the Custom House Plaza adjacent to the Old Customhouse Museum and the Pacific House Museum in Monterey, California. It was originally named the Monterey Maritime Museum. Permanent exhibits feature works by renowned local artists Jo Mora, Ferdinand Burgdorff, E. Charlton Fortune, Paul Whitman, and Carmel Art Institute cofounder and Carmel Art Association president Armin Hansen. Other exhibits explore facets of local history, i.e. the Rumsen people, the fishing industry and author John Steinbeck.
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Dates from 1971.
Wikidata Q6905324, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 2 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 5 mi
- China Lookout · 9 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Monterey State Historic Park: 0.1 mi
- Spanish Park: 0.1 mi
- Monterey State Historic Park: 0.1 mi
- Monterey State Historic Park: 0.1 mi
- Monterey State Historic Park: 0.1 mi
- Edward F. Ricketts State Marine Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Huckleberry Hill Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Lovers Point - Julia Platt State Marine Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Rip Van Winkle Open Space: 2.2 mi
- SFB Morse Botanical Reserve: 2.4 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 1.9 mi
- 2 Huckleberry Hill: 2.0 mi
- Devil Hill: 2.5 mi
- Loma Alta: 2.9 mi
- Greg's Hill: 5.4 mi
- Monterey State Beach: 0.5 mi
- San Carlos Beach: 0.5 mi
- Aeneas Beach: 0.7 mi
- McAbee Beach: 1.0 mi
- Del Monte Beach: 1.1 mi
- Monterey Customhouse: 0.0 mi
- Old Custom House: 0.1 mi
- Custom House: 0.1 mi
- Portola Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Vizcaino Serra Landing Site: 0.2 mi
- Pacific House: 0.0 mi
- Alvarado Gallery: 0.1 mi
- MY Museum: 0.2 mi
- Presidio of Monterey Museum: 0.4 mi
- Monterey Museum of Art: 0.4 mi
- Chris' Fishing Trips and Whale Watching: 0.1 mi
- Randy's Fishing Trips: 0.2 mi
- Glass Bottom Boat: 0.2 mi
- Monterey Bay Whale Watching Center: 0.2 mi
- Monterey Whale Watching: 0.2 mi
- Pietro Ferrante Statue: 0.1 mi
- Santa Rosalia Statue: 0.1 mi
- The Fisherman: 0.2 mi
- Otter Statue: 1.7 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 1.7 mi
- El Estero Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 1.0 mi
- Veteran's Park Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 3.2 mi
- Memory Garden: 0.1 mi
- Sensory Garden: 0.1 mi
- Our Green Thumb Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Pacific Grove Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Fern Falls: 13.0 mi
- Pico Blanco Falls: 18.3 mi
- Firehose Falls: 20.3 mi
- Highbride Falls: 22.8 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 24.7 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 20.5 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 19.4 mi
- Pat Springs: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Museum of Monterey. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Sam Mountain | SSE 150° | 1,445 m | 20.8 mi |
| Mount Carmel | SSE 159° | 1,344 m | 16.1 mi |
| Danish Creek Peak | SSE 152° | 1,298 m | 18.6 mi |
| Little Pines | SSE 151° | 1,266 m | 19.4 mi |
| Devils Peak | SSE 159° | 1,261 m | 16.7 mi |
| Big Pines Peak | SSE 156° | 1,235 m | 17.5 mi |
| Pat Springs Peak | SSE 155° | 1,233 m | 18.3 mi |
| Elephant Mountain | SSE 147° | 1,200 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
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 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 56 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/152304181
Day trips start here
- Monterey · 0 mi
- Pacific Grove · 2 mi
- Seaside · 3 mi
- Carmel · 4 mi
- Carmel Point · 4 mi
- Marina · 8 mi
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