Niles Depot Museum
Niles Depot Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Niles Town Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Niles Depot Museum is located in the former Southern Pacific Railroad colonnade-style passenger depot built in 1901, and freight depot, located in the Niles District of Fremont, California, United States. The museum is operated by the Niles Depot Historical Foundation and features exhibits and artifacts about area railroads, including the early Southern Pacific Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad, as well as the current Union Pacific Railroad and Amtrak. The museum is also constructing two model railways of Niles and surrounding areas, which are operated by the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers.
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Dates from 1901.
Wikidata Q7037022, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Niles Depot Historical Foundation
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Niles Town Plaza: 0.0 mi
- Niles community park: 0.2 mi
- Niles Park: 0.3 mi
- Vallejo Mill Historical Park: 0.4 mi
- niles park: 0.4 mi
- Armed Forces memorial plaque: 0.1 mi
- Vallejo Mill Ruins: 0.3 mi
- Shinn Historical Park and Arboretum: 0.8 mi
- The Hiram Davis Property: 3.0 mi
- Irvington Monument: 3.2 mi
- Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum: 0.1 mi
- Pacific Bus Museum: 0.8 mi
- Children's Natural History Museum: 2.0 mi
- Niles Canyon Railway Brightside Yard: 3.5 mi
- Ardenwood Forge: 4.0 mi
- Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 0.4 mi
- Niles: 0.5 mi
- Meyers Dry Creek Garden: 3.0 mi
- The Patterson House: 4.1 mi
- iFLY Indoor Skydiving: 5.0 mi
- LEAF Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Leaf CR Stone Garden: 0.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
- Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden: 0.8 mi
- John Haley Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Osprey: 1.5 mi
- Lampert Knoll: 1.5 mi
- Triangle: 1.8 mi
- Indo-ABC Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Reserved Area C: 2.1 mi
- Unity: 2.0 mi
- Mayor Bosco: 5.1 mi
- The Junction: 8.8 mi
- Conversation: 9.4 mi
- Turtle Statue: 9.8 mi
- Tolman Peak: 2.6 mi
- Gossip Rock: 3.2 mi
- Sunol Peak: 4.2 mi
- Garin Peak: 5.4 mi
- Vista Peak: 5.5 mi
- Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park: 3.3 mi
- Coyote Hills Regional Park: 6.4 mi
- Dublin Hills Regional Park: 9.0 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 9.9 mi
- Dougherty Hills Open Space: 10.6 mi
- McClure Spring: 7.3 mi
- Eugene Spring: 10.3 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 14.9 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 18.9 mi
- Sheepherder Spring: 19.5 mi
- Niles beach: 1.5 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 9.8 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 15.3 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 15.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.4 mi
- The Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 13.3 mi
- Chab: 13.4 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 15.6 mi
- Turtle Rock: 20.1 mi
- Tehan Falls: 6.9 mi
- Murietta Falls: 14.7 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 22.9 mi
- Drawbridge: 7.8 mi
- Stokes Landing: 9.3 mi
- Russell City: 10.0 mi
- Lynn: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Niles Depot Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,169 m | 18.0 mi |
| Rose Peak | ESE 108° | 1,163 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Day | SE 125° | 1,163 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Lewis | ESE 112° | 1,136 m | 17.6 mi |
| Lookout Point | ESE 104° | 1,051 m | 17.7 mi |
| Baby Peak | ESE 115° | 828 m | 18.9 mi |
| Monument Peak North | SE 134° | 800 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Allison | SE 133° | 793 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/781982603
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