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Plumas County Museum

Plumas County Museum from directly overhead

Plumas County Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,051 m. Mount Fillmore stands 2,344 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off.

About

The story

history museum in Quincy, California

Dates from 1971.

Wikidata Q30325634, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1051 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.93555, -120.94774
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Radio Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Claremont: 3.6 mi
  • East Claremont: 3.6 mi
  • Gopher Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Crescent Hill: 4.7 mi
Parks: 8
  • Dame Shirley: 0.1 mi
  • Gansner Park: 0.7 mi
  • Central Plumas Recreation & Parks District: 1.8 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Hough State Game Refuge: 6.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Cinder Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Big Pine Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Section 15 Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Rocky Point Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Frog Spring: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Indian Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Fern Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Frazier Falls: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Attractions: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Westwood Beach: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Plumas County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FillmoreSSE 160°2,344 m15.1 mi
Tower RockENE 66°2,342 m10.0 mi
Grizzly PeakNE 54°2,325 m9.6 mi
Pilot PeakSSE 158°2,271 m11.3 mi
Taylor RockENE 57°2,220 m8.2 mi
Blue Nose MountainSSE 147°2,217 m13.3 mi
Mount HoughNNE 23°2,201 m8.2 mi
Argentine RockE 83°2,190 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3619:5620:37
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2316:0016:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353843475562686761514034
Precip in7.67.66.73.11.90.70.10.10.41.94.17.3

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368174013

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