Pioneer History Museum
Pioneer History Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Swain Hill stands 1,248 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Butte County Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Feather River Nature Center/Native Plant Park: 0.3 mi
- Hewitt Park: 0.3 mi
- Centennial Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.7 mi
- Sank Park: 0.8 mi
- Sycamore Hill: 2.1 mi
- South Table Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Monte de Oro: 2.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 3.6 mi
- The High Rocks: 5.1 mi
- Schirmer Cascade: 4.1 mi
- Coon Falls: 4.3 mi
- Schirmer Falls: 4.4 mi
- Ranch Falls: 4.6 mi
- Crevice Falls: 4.8 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 0.2 mi
- bath house museum: 0.3 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 0.5 mi
- C F Lott Historic Home: 0.8 mi
- Gridley Museum: 13.0 mi
- Beatson Corral: 5.2 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 10.6 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 20.0 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 21.2 mi
- Chico Community Labyrinth: 21.5 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 21.4 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 21.4 mi
- Steel "Sculpture": 21.5 mi
- Monoliths: 21.5 mi
- Three Sisters: 21.5 mi
- Hamilton: 6.3 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 6.5 mi
- Bloomer: 8.2 mi
- Brush: 14.7 mi
- Chandon: 15.1 mi
- Clarenback Point: 11.8 mi
- Cape Horn: 13.5 mi
- Johnsons Bluff: 23.7 mi
- East China Point: 24.7 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 18.1 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 21.5 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 21.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 21.6 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 5.3 mi
- Lower Yuba River: 24.9 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 13.5 mi
- Hog Spring: 19.4 mi
- Colyear Springs: 21.5 mi
- Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 17.5 mi
- Five Mile: 21.3 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 17.5 mi
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Pioneer History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swain Hill | ENE 67° | 1,248 m | 18.0 mi |
| Hungary Hunt Peak | NNE 19° | 1,227 m | 18.3 mi |
| Pike County Peak | E 98° | 1,095 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Hope | E 89° | 1,075 m | 18.4 mi |
| Little Bald Rock | NE 51° | 1,043 m | 15.2 mi |
| Bald Rock Dome | NE 53° | 1,022 m | 16.0 mi |
| Sunset Hill | E 88° | 1,006 m | 13.5 mi |
| Big Bald Rock | NE 51° | 990 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
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 | 49 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 65 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oroville, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/475911249
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- Chico · 22 mi
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