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Niles Canyon Railway Brightside Yard

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Elevation, modelled
65 m
Tallest summit within 20.0 miles
Mount Diablo1,173 m · 19.7 mi
Sunset, June solstice
20:33local time
Coordinates
37.5963, -121.9181

Niles Canyon Railway Brightside Yard is a museum in California, at a modelled 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.

heritage railway on Niles Canyon (California) portion of first transcontinental railroad

Wikidata Q7037012, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Operated by
Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc.

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloN 1°1,173 m19.7 mi
Black MountainSE 133°1,169 m16.2 mi
Rose PeakESE 119°1,163 m12.1 mi
Mount DaySE 135°1,163 m17.0 mi
Mount LewisESE 122°1,136 m15.2 mi
Cedar MountainE 98°1,118 m17.2 mi
Devil's PulpitN 1°1,110 m19.7 mi
Lookout PointESE 112°1,051 m15.0 mi

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2016:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

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