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San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum

San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum from directly overhead

San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 324 m. Etiwanda Peak stands 2,640 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Route 66 Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
San Bernardino Historical & Pioneer Society
Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.10421, -117.31024
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • La Plaza Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lytle Creek Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ninth Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ninth Street and Encanto Park: 0.8 mi
  • Guadalupe Field: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Sister Cities Signpost: 1.0 mi
  • Donald Davis Sculpture: 1.3 mi
  • Jack Brown Sculpture: 5.3 mi
  • CSUSB Wild Song Coyote Statue: 5.4 mi
  • Nutcracker: 5.5 mi
Peaks
  • Perris Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Badger Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mountain: 7.3 mi
  • Marshall Peak: 7.3 mi
Gardens
  • Rose Garden at Fairmount Park: 8.6 mi
  • LaFourcade Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Native plant garden: 9.1 mi
  • North American Desert: 9.2 mi
Museums: 55
Attractions: 54
Springs: 51
  • Hot Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Hot Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Cassina Springs: 8.8 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Console Springs: 9.9 mi
Nature reserves: 32
Picnic sites: 30
Waterfalls: 11
  • Middleman Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Bonita Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Aztec Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Hesperia Falls: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Burnt Mill Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Arrowhead Resort Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Village Lakefront: 12.4 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Village Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Hamiltair community Beach: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Rock Climbing: 7.8 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 8.0 mi
  • shooting gallery: 14.7 mi
  • Keller Cliffs: 15.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Etiwanda PeakWNW 300°2,640 m17.3 mi
Keller PeakENE 67°2,391 m16.2 mi
Slide PeakENE 66°2,391 m17.1 mi
Mill PeakENE 65°2,029 m14.5 mi
Buck PointWNW 300°1,961 m15.4 mi
Heaps PeakNE 47°1,955 m13.2 mi
Mount RENE 64°1,931 m13.4 mi
Mount SorensonNE 44°1,909 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:3919:2820:05
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:5216:0616:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545558626672798076686053
Precip in2.83.02.00.90.40.10.10.10.10.50.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redlands, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9269318216

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