Red Car Museum
Red Car Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. San Juan Hill stands 543 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Eisenhower Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 24 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Red Car Museum, also known as the Pacific Electric Museum, was a museum in Old Town Seal Beach, California. It operated in Pacific Electric car #1734 and displayed artifacts relating to the company and local history books. It currently is a landmark for passerby, and claims to be the only Red Car left in Orange County. Located on the city's "Greenbelt," it borders the Mary Wilson Library and Seal Beach Centennial House.
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Dates from 1971.
Wikidata Q59396934, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eisenhower Park: 0.3 mi
- Marina Community Park: 0.4 mi
- River's End Park: 0.5 mi
- Gum Grove Park: 0.6 mi
- Alamitos Park: 0.7 mi
- Suppory In Love: 0.3 mi
- Carillon Tower: 2.6 mi
- Go Beach: 2.7 mi
- Go Beach: 2.7 mi
- Lyman Lough Fountain: 2.8 mi
- WWII Submarine Monument: 1.1 mi
- Ashlee Armond Bench: 2.0 mi
- Bob Lemon Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Lone Sailor commemorative: 3.2 mi
- JAAN-2 Gun Battery: 3.9 mi
- Long Beach Lifeguard Museum: 2.0 mi
- Rancho Los Alamitos: 2.3 mi
- Long Beach Museum of Art: 3.7 mi
- Los Alamitos Museum: 4.5 mi
- Museum of Latin American Art: 4.8 mi
- Olive Patio: 2.3 mi
- Oleander Walk: 2.3 mi
- Cutting Garden: 2.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
- Geranium Walk: 2.3 mi
- Red Car Greenbelt: 2.7 mi
- Grand Prix of Long Beach Podium: 4.9 mi
- Grand Prix of Long Beach Finish Line: 4.9 mi
- The Queen Mary Ship: 4.9 mi
- Laura Trelstad: 6.5 mi
- Jack Dunster Marine Biological Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Marine Stadium Reserve: 2.2 mi
- Gull Park: 6.6 mi
- Least Tern Site: 8.5 mi
- Randall Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Landing Hill: 0.7 mi
- Signal Hill: 5.2 mi
- Cadillac Range: 11.5 mi
- Cascade Peak: 11.6 mi
- Big Thunder Mountain: 11.6 mi
- Mother's Beach: 1.3 mi
- Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Sunset View Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Mother's Beach: 1.4 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 3.8 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 4.7 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 7.5 mi
- Huntington City Beach: 8.9 mi
- Washout Falls: 11.5 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 11.5 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 11.5 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 11.6 mi
- Historic Dam: 19.8 mi
- Tomato Spring: 23.0 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 23.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 24.4 mi
- McDermont Spring: 24.4 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 13.2 mi
- Spa Palace: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Car Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan Hill | ENE 61° | 543 m | 24.1 mi |
| Gilman Peak | ENE 56° | 514 m | 22.6 mi |
| Andersen Bump | ENE 60° | 482 m | 23.8 mi |
| San Pedro Hill | W 271° | 449 m | 13.3 mi |
| Puente Hills | NE 39° | 435 m | 18.9 mi |
| Workman Hill | NNE 19° | 424 m | 18.1 mi |
| Ridgecrest Hill | W 276° | 402 m | 15.7 mi |
| Whittier Hill | NNE 16° | 384 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
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 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Beach Daugherty AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/764521932
Day trips start here
- Seal Beach · 0 mi
- Long Beach · 4 mi
- Los Alamitos · 5 mi
- Cypress · 6 mi
- Westminster · 6 mi
- Cerritos · 8 mi
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