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Museum of the San Fernando Valley

Museum of the San Fernando Valley from directly overhead

Museum of the San Fernando Valley is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 255 m. Magic Mountain stands 1,477 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Vanalden Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1920
Height
3.7 m
Elevation
254.5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.23488, -118.54529

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Vanalden Park: 0.2 mi
  • Wilbur Basin Meadow (City): 0.2 mi
  • Wilbur Basin Meadow (County): 0.3 mi
  • Aliso Creek Pocket Park: 0.7 mi
  • Kinesthetics: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 0.9 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 3.0 mi
  • Munch Box: 3.5 mi
  • The Japanese Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Convento: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 54
  • Redwood Grove: 4.3 mi
  • shady grass: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 9.8 mi
Springs: 22
Beaches: 21
Waterfalls: 20
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 10.1 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.0 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 16.7 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 14.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Museum of the San Fernando Valley. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Magic MountainNE 50°1,477 m16.2 mi
Mendenhall PeakENE 59°1,413.1 m15.4 mi
May PeakNE 39°1,203 m10.5 mi
Oat MountainNNW 334°1,138 m7.3 mi
Contract PointNE 47°1,108 m10.8 mi
The PinnacleNE 55°1,094 m13.9 mi
Kagel MountainNE 53°1,081 m11.4 mi
Verdugo PeakE 95°951.6 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636772777876696256
Precip in3.43.92.40.70.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northridge CAL State, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/431840847

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