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Ojai Valley Historical Museum

Ojai Valley Historical Museum, a museum in California
Ojai Valley Historical Museum, a museum in CaliforniaPatrick Pelletier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ojai Valley Historical Museum, a museum in California
Patrick Pelletier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ojai Valley Historical Museum, a museum in California
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Ojai Valley Historical Museum, a museum in California
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Ojai Valley Historical Museum, a museum in California
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Ojai Valley Historical Museum, a museum in California
David McSpadden from Daly City, United States · CC BY 2.0

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Ojai Valley Historical Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 221 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cluff Vista Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel is a former Catholic chapel located in Ojai, in Ventura County of southern California. It now houses the city's museum, research library, and historical society.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7591907, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
221 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.44785, -119.24782
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Magic Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Black Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Krotona Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Nordhoff Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Sulphur Mountain: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 36
Museums: 28
Springs: 25
  • Sulphur Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Bellyache Springs: 5.0 mi
  • Hot Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Kerr Spring: 11.8 mi
Beaches: 24
Historic sites: 21
  • Junipero Serra: 11.6 mi
  • Mission Cross: 11.6 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 11.9 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 11.9 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 16
  • Water Conservation Mural: 1.6 mi
  • Mermaid with Bike: 1.8 mi
  • Golden Lion Mural: 1.9 mi
  • VC: 11.2 mi
  • Ventura V: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 16
Attractions: 11
Waterfalls: 7
  • 33 Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Rose Valley Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 11.0 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 11.1 mi
  • White Swift Falls: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 7.1 mi
  • Area 2: 7.4 mi
  • Area 4: 17.7 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 24.7 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Foothill Crag "The Foot": 1.6 mi
  • Topatopa Bluff: 8.7 mi
  • San Ysidro Rock: 21.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Ojai Valley Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reyes PeakN 351°2,284 m12.8 mi
Haddock MountainN 2°2,265 m12.1 mi
Alamo MountainNE 47°2,248 m22.4 mi
Peak 7047NE 50°2,148 m20.8 mi
Thorn PointNNE 32°2,092 m12.9 mi
McDonald PeakNE 54°2,090 m21.7 mi
Sewart MountainNE 55°2,076 m23.5 mi
Cobblestone MountainENE 63°2,042 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3619:09
June solstice05:4619:3620:13
September equinox06:4618:2218:55
December solstice07:0116:1316:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505154586266727270635549
Precip in5.15.23.41.10.50.10.10.00.10.81.32.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ojai, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368174500

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