Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Zoro Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.
The story
The Fleet Science Center is a science museum and planetarium in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Established in 1973, it was the first science museum to combine interactive science exhibits with a planetarium and an IMAX Dome (OMNIMAX) theater, setting the standard that most major science museums follow today. It is located at the east end of the El Prado Drive walkway, next to the Bea Evenson Fountain and plaza in central Balboa Park.
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Dates from 1973.
Wikidata Q3428321, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- San Diego History Center: 0.1 mi
- San Diego Natural History Museum: 0.1 mi
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Photographic Arts: 0.1 mi
- Timken Museum of Art: 0.2 mi
- Moreton Bay Fig Tree: 0.1 mi
- Lily Pond: 0.1 mi
- Spanish Village Art Center: 0.2 mi
- San Diego Zoo Miniature Railroad: 0.2 mi
- Balboa Park Carousel: 0.3 mi
- Bosatsu: 0.1 mi
- Aztec Woman of Tehuantepec: 0.2 mi
- El Cid: 0.2 mi
- Odyssey III: 0.2 mi
- Solar Bird: 0.2 mi
- Ethno-botanic Garden: 0.3 mi
- Redwood Circle: 0.6 mi
- Sefton Plaza: 0.7 mi
- Marston Point: 0.7 mi
- Golden Hill Drive Park: 0.8 mi
- Kate Sessions: 0.7 mi
- AIDS Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Waldo Waterman Monument: 1.1 mi
- Blackened Fish Taco: 1.2 mi
- Stuffed Artichokes: 1.2 mi
- Marston Point: 0.7 mi
- Cowles Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Kwaay Paay Peak: 8.9 mi
- Dictionary Hill: 8.9 mi
- South Fortuna Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Zoro Garden: 0.1 mi
- Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Desert Garden: 0.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 0.2 mi
- Botanical Building: 0.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.4 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.4 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.4 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.4 mi
- Swordfish Point: 6.5 mi
- Spanish Landing Beach: 3.6 mi
- Central Beach: 4.0 mi
- North Beach: 4.0 mi
- Coronado Beach: 4.0 mi
- North Beach: 4.1 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 5.5 mi
- Northern Wildlife Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve: 6.4 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Miramar Mounds National Natural Landmark: 8.1 mi
- Dog Spring: 8.6 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 10.2 mi
- La Honda Spring: 15.2 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 20.4 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 21.1 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 0.5 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 5.6 mi
- Adobe Falls: 5.6 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 24.0 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.3 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | E 95° | 1,139 m | 22.4 mi |
| El Cajon Mountain | NE 56° | 1,112 m | 22.8 mi |
| Otay Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,067 m | 20.0 mi |
| El Capitan | NE 55° | 1,026 m | 22.4 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NE 54° | 996 m | 24.0 mi |
| Silverdome II | NE 54° | 970.36 m | 21.8 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | NNE 28° | 878 m | 21.7 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | E 85° | 840 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:24 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:10 | 16:47 |
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 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Intl AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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