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Octagon Barn Center, Milking Parlor

Octagon Barn Center, Milking Parlor from directly overhead

Octagon Barn Center, Milking Parlor is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Chiches 2 stands 1,104 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pereira Octagon Barn, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 4.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1938
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.23656, -120.67974

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • San Luis Creek (South): 1.0 mi
  • Central Park: 1.4 mi
  • De Vaul Park: 1.5 mi
  • Irish Hills Open Space: 1.6 mi
  • C.L. Smith Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Vulture Peak: 2.1 mi
  • Indian Knob: 2.9 mi
  • Orcutt Knob: 2.9 mi
  • Righetti Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Terrace Hill: 3.0 mi
Museums: 25
Attractions: 19
  • Bubblegum Alley: 3.1 mi
  • Bubblegum Alley: 3.1 mi
  • The P: 4.8 mi
  • Cal Poly Architecture Graveyard: 5.7 mi
  • Monarch Butterfly Grove: 7.8 mi
Historic sites: 17
Nature reserves: 14
  • Johnson Ranch Open Space: 1.1 mi
  • Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve: 3.0 mi
  • Reservoir Canyon Natural Reserve: 4.3 mi
  • Pismo Preserve: 5.8 mi
  • Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Pirates Cove: 4.6 mi
  • Avila Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Fisherman's Beach: 6.0 mi
Springs: 14
  • Sulphur Pot: 8.2 mi
  • McLain Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #1: 13.4 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #2: 13.7 mi
  • McNeil Spring: 15.7 mi
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Road Runner Picnic Site: 2.9 mi
  • Willow Bluff: 10.0 mi
  • Rockrose: 10.0 mi
  • Meadow View: 10.1 mi
  • Holloway Garden: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Reservoir Creek Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Big Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Islay Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Little Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Little Falls: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 4.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Franklin Hot Springs: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Octagon Barn Center, Milking Parlor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chiches 2ENE 60°1,104 m21.4 mi
Black MountainENE 59°1,089 m21.4 mi
Hi MountainE 84°969 m14.5 mi
Lopez MountainNE 52°869 m7.3 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroE 81°865 m14.3 mi
Bald MountainE 89°855 m10.0 mi
Gay MountainENE 61°850 m7.5 mi
Tassajera PeakN 352°836 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4919:4420:21
September equinox06:5118:2819:01
December solstice07:0816:1616:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535456576063666766645853
Precip in3.93.53.21.00.50.10.10.00.00.91.43.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis Obispo Mcchesney FLD, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/45632778

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