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Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

Pacific Southwest Railway Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 791 m. Monument Peak stands 1,904 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gaskill Brothers' Stone Store Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away.

The story

The Pacific Southwest Railway Museum is a railroad museum in Campo, California, on the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway line. The museum also owns and manages a railroad depot in La Mesa, California.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7122700, matched on coordinates and name (518 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
791 m

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.61690, -116.46937

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hauser Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Tu-bi-fo Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Morena Butte: 5.8 mi
  • Bronco Peak: 8.2 mi
  • Cerro de la Panocha: 8.3 mi
Springs: 38
  • Yellow Rose Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Buckman Springs: 10.8 mi
  • Salazar Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Bankhead Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Iron Spring: 14.9 mi
Parks: 22
  • Lake Morena County Park: 6.4 mi
  • Potrero County Park: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic Lake Park: 8.3 mi
  • Parque Colonia Aldrete: 8.4 mi
  • Eufracio Santana: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Pacific Crest Trail Southern Terminus: 1.9 mi
  • Monumento al policia: 9.2 mi
  • Benito Juarez: 9.6 mi
  • General Lázaro Cárdenas del Río: 9.7 mi
  • Passenger Cars: 17.0 mi
Museums: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Kitchen Creek Falls: 8.7 mi
  • The Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Cottonwood Creek: 14.1 mi
  • Dry Falls: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • Pioneer Mail Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Monster Rocks: 18.4 mi
  • Main Wall: 18.4 mi
  • Bell Bluff: 18.8 mi
Artworks: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Rest areas: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Stuart Alan Whitmore Memorial Garden: 18.8 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Coyote's Flying Saucer Retrieval and Repair Service: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monument PeakN 8°1,904 m19.2 mi
Wooded HillN 6°1,894 m16.3 mi
Stephenson PeakN 10°1,889 m18.2 mi
Piñon PointN 10°1,832 m17.7 mi
Garnet PeakN 2°1,800 m21.3 mi
Sheephead MountainN 1°1,792 m14.1 mi
Garnet MountainN 357°1,731 m22.5 mi
Pine MountainN 356°1,722 m20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:58
June solstice05:4019:2119:57
September equinox06:3518:1218:44
December solstice06:4516:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484850535965727469615347
Precip in2.42.81.60.70.30.10.20.10.70.50.92.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Campo Asos, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368174498

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