Sacramento Children's Museum
Sacramento Children's Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Pine Hill stands 619 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is The Village Green, a park 0.3 miles away. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Sacramento Children's Museum (SCM) is a children's museum in Rancho Cordova near Sacramento, California. The Museum is designed for children ages birth to eight. The Museum includes hands-on activities for children using pressurized tubes, artificial currents, balls in chutes to explore gravity, as well as painting and craft art activities. The museum also offers a pint-sized city for children to role play, including a miniature grocery store. The Museum is located off U.S. Route 50 in California. and was organized as a non-profit corporation in 2005 under the guidance of Kathleen Palley (a local mother) and Alan Godlove. The facility opened August 25, 2011 under the guidance of Executive Director Sharon Stone Smith. The museum includes 7,000 square feet of space.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2011.
Wikidata Q17026981, matched on coordinates and name (9 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Village Green: 0.3 mi
- Tiemann Law Firm Fields at San Juan Complex: 0.8 mi
- Whiterock Park: 0.8 mi
- Federspiel Park: 0.9 mi
- Tuscany Park: 1.0 mi
- Navigator Monument: 2.4 mi
- Star 6 Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Petrovich Veterans Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Bob French Memorial: 6.9 mi
- McClellan Air Force Base: 7.5 mi
- Safetyville USA: 3.7 mi
- Little Saigon: 9.8 mi
- Sacramento Adventure Playground: 11.3 mi
- Three Little Pigs: 12.2 mi
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff: 12.2 mi
- Sacramento Valley Live Steamers Railroad Museum: 1.7 mi
- Effie Yeaw Nature Center: 2.5 mi
- Effie Yeaw Nature Center: 2.5 mi
- Fair Oaks History Center & Museum: 3.9 mi
- Medical History Museum: 8.2 mi
- Chrome Rooster: 6.1 mi
- Chrome Mustang: 7.3 mi
- Run For The Roses: 8.8 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary and the child Jesus: 9.1 mi
- Saint Joseph and the child Jesus: 9.1 mi
- Col du Pennsylvania: 3.4 mi
- Horse Shoe Hill: 6.6 mi
- Blisk Peak: 7.4 mi
- Nedbelle Peak: 7.5 mi
- Volcano Hill: 10.3 mi
- Pheonix Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Yermol Memorial: 8.0 mi
- CSUS Arboretum: 8.0 mi
- Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Natomas Station Wildlife Area: 7.6 mi
- Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Roseville Reserve: 12.0 mi
- Mahany Nature Reserve: 12.5 mi
- Miners Ravine Nature Reserve: 13.2 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Group community site: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Tables: 4.3 mi
- Pooh Corner: 12.2 mi
- Birthday Area 3: 12.3 mi
- Mormon Island: 12.0 mi
- Michigan Bar: 14.3 mi
- Salmon Falls: 16.9 mi
- Fremont Landing: 22.5 mi
- Ophir: 22.6 mi
- Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 6.7 mi
- Moot Rock Beach: 6.9 mi
- Laurel Beach: 7.2 mi
- Turrtle Bend: 21.1 mi
- Pit Stop Beach: 21.6 mi
- Lake Natoma Bluffs: 7.6 mi
- Shark Tank: 12.1 mi
- Keirwin's Corner: 14.4 mi
- Leete Falls: 8.8 mi
- Pecker Falls: 13.7 mi
- Antelope Creek Falla: 15.0 mi
- Huff Mineral Spring: 14.4 mi
- Wetland Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Spanish Spring: 22.6 mi
- Elkhorn Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sacramento Children's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | ENE 60° | 619 m | 18.2 mi |
| Thompson Hill | ENE 59° | 617 m | 23.8 mi |
| Pilot Hill | NE 41° | 566 m | 20.9 mi |
| China Mountain | E 89° | 526 m | 21.8 mi |
| Clark Mountain | NE 49° | 478 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mormon Hill | NE 54° | 462 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Aigare | E 86° | 454 m | 19.7 mi |
| Umbrella Hill | NE 40° | 454 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:06 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 57 | 61 | 68 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sacramento 5 ESE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/983635130
Day trips start here
- Folsom · 8 mi
- El Dorado Hills · 13 mi
- Rocklin · 14 mi
- Auburn · 24 mi
- Coloma · 26 mi
- Placerville · 28 mi
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