Museum of Photographic Arts
Museum of Photographic Arts is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is San Diego Model Railroad Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) is a museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. First founded in 1974, MOPA opened in 1983. MOPA is one of three museums in the US dedicated exclusively to the collection and preservation of photography, with a mission to inspire, educate and engage the broadest possible audience through the presentation, collection, and preservation of photography, film and video. The museum's address is 1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA, 92101.
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Dates from 1983.
Wikidata Q9046984, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum: 0.0 mi
- San Diego History Center: 0.0 mi
- Timken Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- San Diego Natural History Museum: 0.1 mi
- Reuben H. Fleet Science Center: 0.1 mi
- Bosatsu: 0.0 mi
- Aztec Woman of Tehuantepec: 0.1 mi
- El Cid: 0.1 mi
- Odyssey III: 0.1 mi
- Solar Bird: 0.1 mi
- Lily Pond: 0.1 mi
- Moreton Bay Fig Tree: 0.1 mi
- House of Mexico: 0.2 mi
- House of Panama: 0.2 mi
- House of the Philippines: 0.2 mi
- Ethno-botanic Garden: 0.3 mi
- Redwood Circle: 0.5 mi
- Sefton Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Marston Point: 0.7 mi
- Tweet Street Linear Park: 0.7 mi
- Kate Sessions: 0.6 mi
- AIDS Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Waldo Waterman Monument: 1.0 mi
- Blackened Fish Taco: 1.1 mi
- Stuffed Artichokes: 1.1 mi
- Marston Point: 0.6 mi
- Cowles Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Kwaay Paay Peak: 9.0 mi
- South Fortuna Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Pyles Peak: 9.0 mi
- Zoro Garden: 0.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 0.1 mi
- Botanical Building: 0.1 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 0.1 mi
- Zen Garden: 0.1 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Swordfish Point: 6.4 mi
- Spanish Landing Beach: 3.5 mi
- Central Beach: 3.9 mi
- North Beach: 3.9 mi
- Coronado Beach: 4.0 mi
- North Beach: 4.0 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 5.6 mi
- Northern Wildlife Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve: 6.3 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Miramar Mounds National Natural Landmark: 8.1 mi
- Dog Spring: 8.7 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 10.4 mi
- La Honda Spring: 15.4 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 20.6 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 21.1 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 0.5 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 5.6 mi
- Adobe Falls: 5.7 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 13.6 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 24.0 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.3 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Museum of Photographic Arts. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | E 95° | 1,139 m | 22.5 mi |
| El Cajon Mountain | ENE 56° | 1,112 m | 22.9 mi |
| Otay Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,067 m | 20.1 mi |
| El Capitan | NE 55° | 1,026 m | 22.5 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NE 55° | 996 m | 24.0 mi |
| Silverdome II | NE 54° | 970.36 m | 21.9 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | NNE 28° | 878 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | E 85° | 840 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:24 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:10 | 16:47 |
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 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Intl AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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