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North Star Museum

North Star Museum from directly overhead

North Star Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 713 m. Frost Hill stands 1,195 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Knight Monument, a historic site 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
713 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.20791, -121.06967
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Granite Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Gold Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Ophir Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Osborne Hill: 2.3 mi
  • American Ranch Hill: 3.6 mi
Parks
  • Watt Park: 0.4 mi
  • Minnie Park: 0.5 mi
  • Nevada County Fairgrounds: 0.6 mi
  • Condon Park: 0.7 mi
  • Elisabeth Daniels Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 27
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 12
Attractions: 9
Nature reserves: 9
Springs: 8
  • Oven Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Holden Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Willow Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 16.3 mi
Beaches: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 11.6 mi
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 14.2 mi
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 16.1 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 22.7 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Bourn Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Nisenan Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Codfish Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 17.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Eagle: 18.8 mi
  • Giant Indian Statues: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of North Star Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frost HillE 94°1,195 m13.3 mi
Banner MountainENE 65°1,188 m6.2 mi
Quaker HillENE 65°1,126 m9.8 mi
Cold Spring HillESE 104°1,123 m11.3 mi
Bogus PointESE 103°1,104 m13.2 mi
Camel HumpE 87°1,090 m11.7 mi
Round MountainNNE 26°1,004 m8.2 mi
Hayford HillESE 117°980 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3919:5520:35
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2116:0316:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434548515966737267584843
Precip in9.39.08.24.42.50.70.00.10.42.65.510.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grass Valley #2, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368174041

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