Niles Canyon Railway Brightside Yard
Niles Canyon Railway Brightside Yard is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunol Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away.
The story
heritage railway on Niles Canyon (California) portion of first transcontinental railroad
Wikidata Q7037012, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunol Peak: 1.6 mi
- Tolman Peak: 4.2 mi
- Gossip Rock: 4.7 mi
- Maguire Peaks: 5.7 mi
- Mission Peak: 6.1 mi
- Mayor Bosco: 1.7 mi
- Unity: 4.4 mi
- The Junction: 7.3 mi
- Conversation: 7.4 mi
- Turtle Statue: 7.5 mi
- Sunol Water Temple: 1.9 mi
- Vallejo Mill Ruins: 3.3 mi
- Armed Forces memorial plaque: 3.6 mi
- Shinn Historical Park and Arboretum: 4.0 mi
- The Hiram Davis Property: 4.7 mi
- Vallejo Mill Park: 2.9 mi
- Vallejo Mill Historical Park: 3.1 mi
- Buena Vista Park: 3.2 mi
- Community Park: 3.3 mi
- Niles Town Plaza: 3.6 mi
- Niles: 3.2 mi
- Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 3.9 mi
- Alameda County Fairgrounds: 4.7 mi
- Meyers Dry Creek Garden: 5.5 mi
- Indian Joe Cave Rocks: 7.4 mi
- Leaf CR Stone Garden: 3.3 mi
- Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden: 4.0 mi
- LEAF Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Gardens at Palmdale: 4.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.2 mi
- Niles Depot Museum: 3.5 mi
- Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum: 3.6 mi
- Pacific Bus Museum: 4.2 mi
- Washington Township Museum of Local History: 4.6 mi
- Museum on Main: 5.1 mi
- Indo-ABC Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Triangle: 3.7 mi
- Reserved Area C: 4.2 mi
- Reserved "D" Area: 4.2 mi
- Reserved "A" Area: 4.2 mi
- Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park: 5.1 mi
- Dublin Hills Regional Park: 8.1 mi
- Dougherty Hills Open Space: 8.7 mi
- Old Ranch Open Space: 9.5 mi
- Coyote Hills Regional Park: 9.9 mi
- McClure Spring: 6.5 mi
- Eugene Spring: 9.4 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 11.8 mi
- Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 17.0 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 17.3 mi
- Niles beach: 4.9 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 6.6 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 12.0 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 12.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.2 mi
- Drawbridge: 9.6 mi
- Russell City: 12.4 mi
- Stokes Landing: 12.5 mi
- Lynn: 22.3 mi
- Acelanus: 23.8 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- The Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Chab: 14.8 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 15.6 mi
- Turtle Rock: 18.7 mi
- Tehan Falls: 5.5 mi
- Murietta Falls: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Niles Canyon Railway Brightside Yard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | N 1° | 1,173 m | 19.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | SE 133° | 1,169 m | 16.2 mi |
| Rose Peak | ESE 119° | 1,163 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Day | SE 135° | 1,163 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Lewis | ESE 122° | 1,136 m | 15.2 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | E 98° | 1,118 m | 17.2 mi |
| Devil's Pulpit | N 1° | 1,110 m | 19.7 mi |
| Lookout Point | ESE 112° | 1,051 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
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 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/2296734479
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