Pacific Pinball Museum
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Pacific Pinball Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the north-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is First Transcontinental Railroad, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
The story
The Pacific Pinball Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit interactive museum and arcade in Alameda, California. The museum has a chronological and historical selection of rare bagatelles and early pinball games in addition to over 100 playable pinball machines. The machines range in era from the 1940s to present day. Throughout the 7,000 square feet (650 m2) museum are hand-painted murals, vintage jukeboxes, educational handouts and rotating focused exhibits. There are also provisions for field-trips, self guided tours, educated docents and STEAM educational programs as part of the museum's "Play & Learn" philosophy.
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Dates from 2004.
Wikidata Q924109, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- First Transcontinental Railroad: 0.1 mi
- Harold "Hal" A. Ellis, Jr.: 1.4 mi
- C. L. Dellums: 1.4 mi
- Pony Express Ferry "Oakland": 1.4 mi
- Jack London: 1.4 mi
- Longfellow Park: 0.3 mi
- Washington Park: 0.4 mi
- Portola Triangle Park: 0.5 mi
- Jean Sweeney Open Space Park: 0.6 mi
- Neptune Park: 0.6 mi
- Neptune: 0.3 mi
- Croll's Garden: 0.3 mi
- Seawind: 0.4 mi
- Mariner's Lagoon: 0.4 mi
- Sandcastle: 0.7 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 0.5 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 3.9 mi
- Castle Canyon: 5.4 mi
- Marjorie Saunders Park: 5.4 mi
- Beaconsfield Canyon: 5.6 mi
- REAP Center: 0.9 mi
- Alameda Point Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Chinese Garden: 1.7 mi
- Oakland Museum of California Gardens: 1.9 mi
- Parkway Cascade Garden: 2.4 mi
- Calimar: 1.2 mi
- Beken: 1.3 mi
- Pan American Airways China Clipper: 1.3 mi
- Hello Jack Mural: 1.4 mi
- Jack London Wolf: 1.4 mi
- Alameda Naval Air Museum: 1.3 mi
- USS Hornet (CV 12): 1.4 mi
- USS Potomac: 1.5 mi
- Lightship Relief: 1.5 mi
- Alameda Museum: 1.9 mi
- S-3 Viking: 1.4 mi
- F-14 Tomcat: 1.4 mi
- F-4 Phantom: 1.4 mi
- Friday Nights @ OMCA with Off the Grid: 1.8 mi
- Gondola Servizio: 2.1 mi
- Shellmound: 2.7 mi
- High Street Center: 2.8 mi
- Pill Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pine Top: 5.5 mi
- Redwood Peak: 6.3 mi
- Encinal beach: 0.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.9 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 4.2 mi
- Radio Beach: 4.2 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 5.7 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.9 mi
- Old Spring: 15.0 mi
- Eugene Spring: 17.3 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 8.4 mi
- Huntington Falls: 10.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.0 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 13.6 mi
- Kent Falls: 18.2 mi
- Chab: 8.6 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 11.3 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 11.5 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 12.4 mi
- Aramai Point: 16.8 mi
- Lynn: 3.0 mi
- Russell City: 11.4 mi
- Stokes Landing: 14.3 mi
- Winehaven: 14.5 mi
- Eckley: 19.8 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 5.2 mi
- Quarters A: 5.3 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 14.1 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Rest Stop: 23.4 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 14.6 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Pacific Pinball Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer Peak | NNE 21° | 581 m | 8.2 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NNE 22° | 540 m | 7.8 mi |
| Round Top | NE 41° | 531 m | 7.0 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | NNE 17° | 531 m | 7.8 mi |
| Barberry Peak | NNE 28° | 513 m | 7.4 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | NE 36° | 498 m | 7.3 mi |
| Eureka Peak | NNE 26° | 495 m | 8.1 mi |
| Redwood Peak | ENE 61° | 493 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 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 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/3983311426
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