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Santa Monica Museum of Art

Santa Monica Museum of Art from directly overhead

Santa Monica Museum of Art is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is California Heritage Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 14 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
10 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.00361, -118.48448

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Longboard Dancing Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Original Muscle Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Carousel Park: 0.8 mi
  • Historic end of Route 66: 0.8 mi
  • Breakdance Showdown: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 29
  • Common Grounds: 4.4 mi
  • Lake Side: 6.5 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 6.5 mi
  • Garden Grove: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Central: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 25
Springs: 10
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 3.2 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 10.8 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Temescal Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 17.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 17.1 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 12.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 22.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Santa Monica Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Verdugo PeakNE 39°951.6 m18.7 mi
Castro PeakWNW 288°855 m18.1 mi
Saddle PeakWNW 298°851 m11.0 mi
Tongva PeakNE 44°803 m18.6 mi
Chatsworth PeakNNW 333°692 m19.7 mi
Calabasas PeakNW 308°657 m12.2 mi
Temescal PeakNNW 330°648 m7.9 mi
McAuley PeakWNW 289°625 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565657586063656666636057
Precip in3.13.11.70.60.20.10.00.00.00.50.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Pier, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/368174027

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