Portuguese Historical Museum
Portuguese Historical Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Chinese American Historical Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Portuguese Historical Museum in San Jose, California, USA opened in 1997 and is a replica of the first permanent império (religious and cultural buildings primarily in the Azores) originally built in San Jose's Little Portugal district, c. 1915. It is one of the featured attractions within History Park at Kelley Park. Exhibits start with Portugal as it was during the period of European colonization of the Americas and Portuguese immigration throughout the world, and it then narrows the focus to Portuguese immigration to the United States, then to California, and finally settling in the Santa Clara Valley.
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Dates from 1977.
Wikidata Q7232646, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Chinese American Historical Museum: 0.0 mi
- Hellenic Heritage Museum: 0.0 mi
- History Park at Kelley Park: 0.0 mi
- Viet Museum: 0.1 mi
- Jeff Garcia Hall of Champions: 0.7 mi
- Kelley Park: 0.2 mi
- Rocksprings Park: 0.3 mi
- Vườn Truyền Thống Việt;Viet Heritage Garden: 0.3 mi
- McLaughlin Park: 0.8 mi
- Bestor Art Park: 0.9 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 0.2 mi
- Barn: 0.4 mi
- Doc's Critter Cave: 0.4 mi
- Animal Contact Area: 0.4 mi
- Ranch House: 0.4 mi
- Xin Cảm Ơn Nước Mỹ;Thank You America: 0.3 mi
- Another World: 0.5 mi
- San Jose Sharks: 0.6 mi
- Phật: 0.8 mi
- We Live Here: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Perch: 0.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.5 mi
- Sunflower Circle: 0.5 mi
- Silly Celebration: 0.5 mi
- Whistling Woods: 0.5 mi
- Trần Hưng Đạo: 0.9 mi
- San Jose National Bank Gate: 1.5 mi
- César E. Chávez Monument: 1.7 mi
- Olympics Black Power Statue: 1.7 mi
- Japanese American Internment Memorial: 1.8 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 1.5 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 1.8 mi
- CNGF Native Plant Farm: 3.0 mi
- Historic Orchard: 3.1 mi
- Communications Hill: 2.3 mi
- Montgomery Hill: 5.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 5.8 mi
- Lone Hill: 6.0 mi
- Alum Rock: 6.1 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 6.2 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 7.1 mi
- Heintz Open Space: 7.2 mi
- Santa Rosa Openspace: 7.3 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 7.3 mi
- Cherry Springs: 9.6 mi
- Congress Springs: 12.0 mi
- South Spring: 12.5 mi
- McClure Spring: 13.0 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 15.0 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 16.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 16.5 mi
- Granuja Falls: 16.6 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 16.7 mi
- Lexington: 11.1 mi
- Alma: 11.7 mi
- Drawbridge: 11.9 mi
- Holy City: 13.1 mi
- Wrights: 13.4 mi
- Niles beach: 19.6 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 20.0 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 20.3 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 22.8 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 23.9 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 12.2 mi
- The Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 14.4 mi
- Underworld Rock: 14.7 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 22.0 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.0 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Portuguese Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | E 81° | 1,327 m | 12.7 mi |
| Observatory Peak | E 83° | 1,298 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | E 82° | 1,295 m | 12.8 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | E 82° | 1,286 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | E 82° | 1,279 m | 11.9 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | E 83° | 1,276 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Isabel | E 88° | 1,275 m | 13.1 mi |
| Galileo Peak | E 80° | 1,273 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13098946533
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