New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum
New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 145 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hacienda Entrance, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.
The story
unincorporated community in Santa Clara County, California
Wikidata Q7005295, matched on coordinates and name (288 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 145 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hacienda Entrance: 0.4 mi
- Rancho San Vicente Entrance: 1.3 mi
- Mockingbird Hill Entrance: 1.5 mi
- Hicks/Wood Entrance: 2.4 mi
- Casa Loma Entrance: 3.3 mi
- Chimney: 0.7 mi
- Concrete Vault: 1.1 mi
- Chimney: 1.1 mi
- Mine Office & Maps: 1.1 mi
- Site of English Town * CCC Camp Mt. Madonna: 1.1 mi
- Church Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mine Hill: 1.4 mi
- Fern Peak: 1.8 mi
- Bald Peaks: 1.9 mi
- One Tree Hill: 2.1 mi
- Cottle Rest Site: 1.4 mi
- Fish Camp Rest Site: 2.3 mi
- Pueblo Day Use Area: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Site: 3.9 mi
- Arroyo Picnic Site: 5.0 mi
- Alamitos Trail Park: 2.1 mi
- Cathedral Oaks Park: 2.1 mi
- Carrabelle Park: 2.5 mi
- Singer Park: 2.5 mi
- Glenview Park: 2.6 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 3.0 mi
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 3.5 mi
- New Museum of Los Gatos: 9.3 mi
- Forbes Mill Museum: 9.4 mi
- Morgan Hill Museum: 9.4 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 4.1 mi
- Bird's Eye View: 5.9 mi
- Fuel Tank: 6.0 mi
- Mother's Love (Dinosaurs): 8.0 mi
- Eolian: 9.2 mi
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 6.7 mi
- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds: 8.6 mi
- W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel: 9.4 mi
- Community & Cultural Center: 10.0 mi
- Alma Culture Landscape: 10.0 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 10.8 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 10.9 mi
- Roses of Yesterday: 11.1 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 11.2 mi
- Morgan Hill Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 3.6 mi
- Cherry Springs: 5.2 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 7.5 mi
- Badger Spring: 8.7 mi
- Olive Springs: 9.9 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 15.1 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 15.2 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 15.4 mi
- Beer Can Beach: 15.9 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 16.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 6.6 mi
- Granuja Falls: 6.7 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 6.7 mi
- Basin Falls: 6.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 6.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 15.4 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 15.5 mi
- Underworld Rock: 15.7 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 15.8 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 16.4 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 16.4 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 18.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 19.4 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observatory Peak | NE 41° | 1,298 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | NE 41° | 1,279 m | 14.9 mi |
| Ptolemy Peak | NE 41° | 1,237 m | 14.7 mi |
| Loma Prieta | SSW 196° | 1,154 m | 4.9 mi |
| Crystal Peak | S 191° | 1,097 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | WSW 254° | 1,063 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Thayer | W 260° | 1,061 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Chual | S 191° | 1,046 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368174563
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 14 mi
- Capitola · 16 mi
- Santa Cruz · 18 mi
- Watsonville · 18 mi
- Moss Landing · 26 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 28 mi
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