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Pacifica Coastside Museum

Pacifica Coastside Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Scarper Peak stands 593 m to the south-southeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sharp Park Beach, a park 0.3 miles away.

The story

history museum in Pacifica, California

Dates from 2005.

Wikidata Q108527887, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.63481, -122.49046

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sharp Park Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Palmetto Mini Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pomo Park: 0.4 mi
  • Brighton Road Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sharp Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • SF-51L Nike Missile SIte: 0.7 mi
  • Liberty Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Coast Guard Site: 1.7 mi
  • Corridor & Maintenance Building: 2.2 mi
  • Generator Building: 2.2 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Evohelix: 3.8 mi
  • Prometheus Gives Fire To Man: 4.8 mi
  • Penguin’s Prayer: 5.4 mi
  • Beniamino Bufano "Peace" Statue: 5.6 mi
  • Spirit of Millbrae: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Springs: 12
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 13.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 19.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Pacifica Coastside Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scarper PeakSSE 155°592.5 m8.1 mi
Montara Mountain North PeakS 172°570 m5.1 mi
Peak MountainS 176°545 m5.1 mi
South PeakS 174°545 m5.5 mi
Ox HillSSE 155°542 m8.4 mi
Montara KnobS 177°487 m5.4 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitNE 40°371 m4.7 mi
Richardson EastN 358°338.6 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:5019:5620:36
September equinox06:5918:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525354565860616263615753
Precip in6.16.54.42.41.00.20.00.10.11.52.96.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pacifica 4 SSE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/339097820

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