San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Art is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 82 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Solar Bird, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine art museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. It opened as the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed to its current name in 1978. The official Balboa Park website calls it "the region's oldest and largest art museum". Nearly half a million people visit the museum each year.
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Dates from 1926.
Wikidata Q1368166, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 82 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Solar Bird: 0.0 mi
- Mother and Daughter Seated: 0.0 mi
- Odyssey III: 0.0 mi
- The Prodigal Son: 0.0 mi
- The Watchers: 0.0 mi
- Timken Museum of Art: 0.0 mi
- Mingei International Museum: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Photographic Arts: 0.1 mi
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum: 0.1 mi
- San Diego History Center: 0.1 mi
- Lily Pond: 0.1 mi
- Moreton Bay Fig Tree: 0.2 mi
- House of Mexico: 0.2 mi
- House of Panama: 0.2 mi
- Spanish Village Art Center: 0.2 mi
- Ethno-botanic Garden: 0.4 mi
- Redwood Circle: 0.4 mi
- Sefton Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Marston Point: 0.6 mi
- Olive Street Park: 0.7 mi
- Kate Sessions: 0.5 mi
- AIDS Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Waldo Waterman Monument: 0.9 mi
- Blackened Fish Taco: 1.1 mi
- Stuffed Artichokes: 1.1 mi
- Marston Point: 0.6 mi
- Cowles Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Kwaay Paay Peak: 9.0 mi
- South Fortuna Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Pyles Peak: 9.1 mi
- May S. Marcy Sculpture Court & Garden: 0.1 mi
- Botanical Building: 0.1 mi
- Alcazar Garden: 0.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 0.1 mi
- Zoro Garden: 0.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Swordfish Point: 6.3 mi
- Spanish Landing Beach: 3.4 mi
- Central Beach: 3.9 mi
- North Beach: 4.0 mi
- Coronado Beach: 4.0 mi
- North Beach: 4.0 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 5.7 mi
- Northern Wildlife Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve: 6.2 mi
- Miramar Mounds National Natural Landmark: 8.1 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Dog Spring: 8.7 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 10.4 mi
- La Honda Spring: 15.4 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 20.7 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 21.1 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 0.4 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 5.7 mi
- Adobe Falls: 5.7 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 13.5 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 24.0 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.2 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of San Diego Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | E 95° | 1,139 m | 22.6 mi |
| El Cajon Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,112 m | 23.0 mi |
| Otay Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,067 m | 20.2 mi |
| El Capitan | NE 56° | 1,026 m | 22.6 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NE 55° | 996 m | 24.1 mi |
| Silverdome II | NE 54° | 970.36 m | 21.9 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | NNE 29° | 878 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | E 85° | 840 m | 20.1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368174501
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