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Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and Museum

Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and Museum from directly overhead

Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 68 m. Timber Peak stands 1,452 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 13 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

city in southern California, United States

Dates from 1874.

Wikidata Q643953, matched on coordinates and name (563 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
68 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.94664, -120.43548

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Simas Park: 0.2 mi
  • Buena Vista Park: 0.3 mi
  • Alice Trefts Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rosalind Perlman Park: 0.5 mi
  • Santa Maria Fairpark: 0.6 mi
Peaks: 47
  • Huasna Peak: 7.9 mi
  • Newlove Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Boar Peak: 8.3 mi
  • Mount Solomon: 8.3 mi
  • Nipomo Mesa: 9.1 mi
Museums: 19
Attractions: 16
  • Bitter Creek Western Railroad: 11.2 mi
  • Independence: 12.2 mi
  • Barbeque Flats: 13.7 mi
  • ATV Safety Training Area: 13.7 mi
  • Moy Mel: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Area 5: 2.9 mi
  • Area 6: 2.9 mi
  • Area 2: 3.0 mi
  • Area 4: 3.0 mi
  • Area 8: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 12
Historic sites: 10
Springs: 9
  • Difficult Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Barrel Springs: 16.7 mi
  • Cherokee Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Hunter Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #2: 22.4 mi
Gardens: 4
Nature reserves: 4
  • Los Flores Ranch Park: 9.1 mi
  • Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge: 11.7 mi
  • Pismo Preserve: 19.0 mi
  • Johnson Ranch Open Space: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Storybrook Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Little Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Little Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Big Falls: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Timber PeakE 79°1,452 m24.3 mi
Miranda Pine MountainENE 74°1,259 m23.4 mi
Plowshare PeakENE 72°1,194.8 m23.4 mi
Treplett MountainENE 77°1,165 m21.0 mi
Lookout MountainESE 119°1,044 m23.9 mi
Porter PeakENE 69°1,032 m20.4 mi
Tepusquet PeakE 100°982 m14.3 mi
Pine Ridge SummitNNE 26°981 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:14
June solstice05:4919:4220:20
September equinox06:5118:2719:00
December solstice07:0716:1616:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535455575962646564625752
Precip in2.72.82.60.90.40.10.00.00.10.51.12.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Maria Public AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368174546

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