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Placer County Museum

Placer County Museum from directly overhead

Placer County Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 374 m. Grey Eagle Hill stands 999 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Auburn Historic District, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
374 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.89644, -121.07699
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Auburn Historic District: 0.1 mi
  • Auburn Recreation Park: 0.6 mi
  • American River Canyon Overlook Park: 0.7 mi
  • Railhead Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ashford Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Duncan Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Robie Point: 1.4 mi
  • Bald Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Umbrella Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Pilot Hill: 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 34
Museums: 31
Nature reserves: 20
Cliffs: 11
  • Wreckage Wall: 3.6 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 3.6 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon: 3.6 mi
  • Scale Wall: 3.6 mi
  • Long Point: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Prayer Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Ridgeview EcoLab: 13.3 mi
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Border Garden: 18.0 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Tamaroo Bar: 1.7 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 2.5 mi
  • Pit Stop Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Turrtle Bend: 10.7 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Antelope Creek Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 8.0 mi
  • Sturzen Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Ralston Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 6
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hidden Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 10.4 mi
  • Leete Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 16.3 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Southwind Labradors: 15.1 mi
  • cave: 16.8 mi
  • Cameron Park CSD Pool: 16.8 mi
  • Bourn Cottage: 21.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Wetland Preserve: 10.2 mi
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Dad Youngs Spring: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Placer County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grey Eagle HillE 86°999 m16.2 mi
Jakeys HillENE 70°998 m16.0 mi
Hotchkiss HillE 85°973 m14.1 mi
Shoemaker HillE 93°930 m14.6 mi
Little Bald MountainENE 75°925 m14.9 mi
Buckeye PointENE 67°836 m15.3 mi
Mameluke HillE 84°822 m12.7 mi
Bottle HillENE 75°807 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:4019:5420:34
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2016:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475053566472787773645347
Precip in7.06.56.12.81.60.40.00.10.21.43.06.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/368167592

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