Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 83 m. Mount Deception stands 1,767 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Shuttle Fuel Tank, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is a museum located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, next to the California Science Center. It is the largest natural and historical museum in the Western United States, with a collection of nearly 35 million specimens and artifacts covering 4.5 billion years of history, it is also home to the rarest gemstone in the world, Kyawthuite. This large collection consists of not only specimens for exhibition but also vast research collections housed on and offsite. The museum is associated with one other museum in Greater Los Angeles: the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock Park. The two museums work together to achieve their common mission: "to inspire wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds".
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Dates from 1913.
Wikidata Q2502709, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 27.9 m
- Elevation
- 83.4 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shuttle Fuel Tank: 0.1 mi
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet: 0.2 mi
- Tutor Campus Center Piano: 0.3 mi
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter: 0.3 mi
- Douglas DC-8: 0.3 mi
- Dueling Dinosaurs: 0.1 mi
- George Tirebiter: 0.2 mi
- Tommy Trojan: 0.3 mi
- Joe Widney: 0.4 mi
- Hecuba, Queen of Troy: 0.6 mi
- Exposition Park Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Pico Union Pollinator Friendly Garden: 1.8 mi
- South Park Commons: 2.2 mi
- Mariposa-Nabi Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Yamazaki Memorial Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Jesse A. Brewer Jr. Park: 0.1 mi
- Parkside Field: 0.2 mi
- Exposition Park: 0.3 mi
- Associates Park: 0.3 mi
- Alumni Park: 0.3 mi
- USC Fisher Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- California Science Center: 0.1 mi
- SKETCH Foundation Gallery Air and Space Exhibits: 0.3 mi
- California African American Museum: 0.3 mi
- The Velaslavasay Panorama: 1.2 mi
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Olympic Cauldron: 0.2 mi
- Lockheed A-12: 0.3 mi
- Olympic Gateway: 0.3 mi
- Stimson House: 1.1 mi
- West Adams Gateway Marker: 1.6 mi
- La Brea Green Belt: 4.0 mi
- Elysian Park: 5.3 mi
- Ascot Hills Park: 6.9 mi
- Elyria Canyon Park: 7.0 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 7.2 mi
- Maltman peak: 4.9 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 5.3 mi
- Silverlake peak: 5.4 mi
- Micheltorena peak: 5.5 mi
- Olive Hill: 5.7 mi
- Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Central: 4.6 mi
- Garden Grove: 4.7 mi
- Blue Lagoon: 4.7 mi
- Lake Side: 4.7 mi
- Temescal Falls: 14.6 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 15.8 mi
- Millard Falls: 16.3 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 16.4 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 16.4 mi
- Mother's Beach: 10.0 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 10.8 mi
- Palisades Beach: 12.9 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 14.2 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 15.2 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 9.9 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 15.6 mi
- Eagle Spring: 17.1 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 19.0 mi
- Fascination Spring: 19.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 18.3 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 20.9 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 23.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.2 mi
- Spa Palace: 2.9 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Deception | NNE 32° | 1,767 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Markham | NE 35° | 1,746 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NE 35° | 1,699 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Harvard | NE 44° | 1,640 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Lukens | N 9° | 1,546.6 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Yale | NE 45° | 1,451 m | 18.3 mi |
| Muir Peak | NE 38° | 1,427 m | 17.4 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,363 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
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 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/407373025
Day trips start here
- Los Angeles/South · 2 mi
- Los Angeles/Downtown · 3 mi
- Huntington Park · 4 mi
- Los Angeles · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Wilshire · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Northwest · 5 mi
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