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Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum

Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum, a museum in California
Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum, a museum in CaliforniaCullen328 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum, a museum in California
Cullen328 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum, a museum in California
Cullen328 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 791 m. Remington Hill stands 1,477 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Nevada County Historical Society History Center, a museum 0.5 miles away.

About

The story

The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum is a transport museum and heritage railroad located in Nevada City, California.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7003397, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.24950, -121.01849
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Banner Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Ophir Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Gold Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Granite Hill: 3.9 mi
Parks: 50
  • Calanan Park: 0.9 mi
  • Tobiassen Park: 1.6 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Hirschman's Pond: 1.8 mi
  • Empire Mine State Historic Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites: 27
  • Stewart Mansion: 0.7 mi
  • Site of Old Wells Fargo Building: 0.9 mi
  • Stamp Mill: 1.0 mi
  • Providence Mine: 1.2 mi
  • Cascade Canal Access Trail: 1.3 mi
Cliffs: 23
Museums: 12
Picnic sites: 10
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 7.7 mi
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 10.4 mi
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 17.3 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 9
  • Bourn Cottage: 3.3 mi
  • Purdon Crossing: 5.6 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 5.7 mi
  • China Dam: 5.7 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 5.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Oven Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Holden Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Willow Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Nisenan Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 3.3 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Codfish Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Eagle: 22.4 mi
  • Giant Indian Statues: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Remington HillENE 75°1,477 m13.3 mi
Negro Jack HillE 85°1,401 m13.0 mi
McGuire MountainE 89°1,352 m11.9 mi
Spaulding PointE 98°1,333 m11.8 mi
Frost HillESE 110°1,195 m11.2 mi
Columbia HillNNE 16°1,191 m10.1 mi
Columbia HillNNE 16°1,190 m10.1 mi
Banner MountainE 95°1,188 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3919:5420:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2116:0316:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515967747369594842
Precip in10.910.59.95.22.90.90.00.10.52.96.212.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nevada City, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1046998439

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