Petaluma Historical Museum and Library
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Petaluma Historical Museum and Library is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
The story
The Free Public Library of Petaluma (also Old Carnegie Library, Carnegie Free Library and Petaluma Historical Library and Museum) is a research library and history museum at 20 Fourth Street in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, US. Built in 1904 as a Carnegie Free Library, it was designed by Brainerd Jones as his first major commission before the architect gained regional recognition. In the 1970s, it was re-purposed as a research library and historical museum, known as the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1904.
Wikidata Q5500020, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Liberty Park: 0.1 mi
- Putman Plaza Park: 0.2 mi
- Walnut Park: 0.2 mi
- Cavanagh Landing: 0.3 mi
- Penry Park: 0.3 mi
- Plug: 0.2 mi
- Down the Rabbit Hole: 0.2 mi
- Welcome to Petaluma: 1.7 mi
- Sonoma: 1.7 mi
- Bacon and Eggs: 7.7 mi
- Steamer Gold Wreck: 0.5 mi
- Bryan Cacy: 2.4 mi
- Rancho Petaluma Adobe: 3.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Building: 7.1 mi
- Chief Cotati: 7.4 mi
- Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 0.8 mi
- Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch: 10.0 mi
- The Patch: 11.0 mi
- Duckworth Family Farm: 12.3 mi
- Gundlach-Bundschu Winery: 12.5 mi
- Petaluma Marsh Expansion Site: 5.1 mi
- Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Fairfield Osborn Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Rush Creek Open Space Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Novato Lands 005: 9.5 mi
- Meacham Hill: 5.5 mi
- Wiggins Hill: 5.7 mi
- Antonio Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Red Hill: 6.1 mi
- Stony Butte: 6.1 mi
- McNear Park: 0.6 mi
- Helen Putnam: 1.9 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 15.2 mi
- Marin Museum of the American Indian: 8.4 mi
- Novato History Museum: 9.6 mi
- Jack London Cottage: 9.8 mi
- California Missions Museum: 9.9 mi
- North Bay Air Museum: 10.0 mi
- Alan Sieroty Beach: 14.3 mi
- Chicken Ranch Beach: 14.9 mi
- Teachers Beach: 14.9 mi
- Shell Beach: 15.0 mi
- Heart's Desire Beach: 15.4 mi
- McNear Community Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Food Forest: 7.0 mi
- Sonoma State University Butterfly Garden: 7.8 mi
- TRACEN Community Gardens: 8.3 mi
- Rohnert Park Community Organic Garden: 8.6 mi
- Buck Gulch Falls: 12.0 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 12.7 mi
- Stairstep Falls: 14.4 mi
- Roy's Riffles: 15.2 mi
- Sonoma Creek Falls: 15.7 mi
- Hunter Spring: 13.2 mi
- Crystal Springs: 15.7 mi
- Worn Springs: 19.1 mi
- Broko Spring: 20.5 mi
- Colier Spring: 21.0 mi
- Rock Fort: 17.2 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Stags Leap: 21.9 mi
- Sunset Point: 24.4 mi
- Vent 5: 24.6 mi
- Keyhole: 19.5 mi
- Temple: 19.5 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Petaluma Historical Museum and Library. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hood | NNE 16° | 833 m | 16.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 24° | 832 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mount Veeder | NE 46° | 817 m | 14.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 25° | 777 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Saint John | NE 34° | 713 m | 17.2 mi |
| Sonoma Mountain | NNE 29° | 697 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bismark Knob | NE 51° | 694 m | 13.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 30° | 689 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petaluma AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368174135
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