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Museum of Riverside

Museum of Riverside, a museum in California
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Museum of Riverside, a museum in California
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Museum of Riverside, a museum in California
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Museum of Riverside, a museum in California
Steve Rouhotas · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Museum of Riverside is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Buck Point stands 1,961 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Old City Hall, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

About

The story

The Museum of Riverside is a museum of regional history and culture, Indigenous culture, and natural history located in the historic Mission Inn District of Riverside, California, United States. The museum, formerly known as the Riverside Metropolitan Museum and Riverside Municipal Museum, is a department of the City of Riverside, but is supported by the Riverside Museum Associates (RMA) and the Harada House Foundation (HHF), two independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. Its mission is: "As a center for learning, the Museum of Riverside interacts with the community to collect, preserve, explore, and interpret the cultural and natural history of Riverside and its region."

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1924.

Wikidata Q7338538, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.98192, -117.37252
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Camera Obscura: 0.1 mi
  • World's Largest "Paper" Cup: 2.6 mi
  • Petrified Redwood Log: 3.1 mi
  • Martha Mclean Anza Narrows: 3.5 mi
  • River Trails: 6.4 mi
Gardens
Parks
Peaks
Museums: 58
Nature reserves: 37
Springs: 32
  • Hot Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Cassina Springs: 4.6 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Console Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Harford Spring: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Area A: 14.0 mi
  • Area C: 14.0 mi
  • Area B: 14.1 mi
  • Site C: 17.2 mi
  • Site B: 17.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 9
Cliffs: 8
  • Rock Climbing: 3.7 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 3.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 9.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 11.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 11.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Museum of Riverside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck PointNNW 329°1,961 m18.9 mi
Strawberry PeakNNE 25°1,876 m19.0 mi
Calamity PeakNW 320°1,768 m19.5 mi
Bailey PeakN 2°1,737.1 m18.9 mi
Red Rock Wall PointNNE 24°1,687 m18.4 mi
Sugarpine MountainN 359°1,670 m19.2 mi
Playground Drive HillN 10°1,645 m17.9 mi
Jobs PeakN 7°1,641 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:3919:2820:05
September equinox06:3818:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636873798077686256
Precip in2.12.41.50.60.30.10.00.00.20.40.71.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverside Citrus EXP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/119281494

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