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San Dieguito Heritage Museum at the Heritage Ranch

San Dieguito Heritage Museum at the Heritage Ranch from directly overhead

San Dieguito Heritage Museum at the Heritage Ranch is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Incredible Edibles, a garden 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

history museum in Encinitas, California, United States

Dates from 1988.

Wikidata Q7413773, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

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Coordinates33.05721, -117.27980
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Incredible Edibles: 0.1 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Hamilton Children's Garden: 0.2 mi
  • San Diego Botanic Garden: 0.2 mi
  • California Gardenscapes: 0.2 mi
Attractions
  • Dancing Topiaries: 0.3 mi
  • Village: 0.4 mi
  • Seeds of Wonder: 0.4 mi
  • Miniature Railroad: 0.4 mi
  • S.S. Moonlight: 1.4 mi
Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
  • Green Dragon Tavern and Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Model Shop: 5.2 mi
  • Museum of Making Music: 5.3 mi
  • Vista Historical Society: 11.1 mi
  • California Surf Museum: 11.3 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 18
  • Del Mar Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Thumb: 20.7 mi
  • Main Area: 20.7 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 20.8 mi
  • The Underworld: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Royal Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 8.4 mi
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 12.6 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • El Salto Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 10.8 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 23.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Indian Rock Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Dog Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of San Dieguito Heritage Museum at the Heritage Ranch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainE 101°878 m18.2 mi
North Iron MountainESE 103°824 m19.0 mi
Iron MountainESE 108°818 m19.7 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakESE 104°802 m19.7 mi
Middle SummitESE 105°790 m19.6 mi
Mount EllieESE 105°743.712 m18.9 mi
Peak 2245ESE 106°684 m19.1 mi
Starvation MountainE 91°641 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:02
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4916:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565658606365697170666156
Precip in2.52.61.60.90.30.10.10.00.10.51.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlsbad Mcclellan Palomar AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1197074386

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