Shafter Depot Museum
Shafter Depot Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 106 m. Red Hill stands 540 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Depot Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
railway station in Shafter, the United States of America
Wikidata Q14683914, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Shafter Historical Society
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Shafter Town Square: 0.3 mi
- Mannel Park: 0.4 mi
- Stringham Park: 0.4 mi
- Kirschenmann Park: 0.6 mi
- Rodriguez Park: 0.8 mi
- Depot Museum: 0.0 mi
- Harlin P. Wilson Agricultural Museum: 0.0 mi
- The Green Hotel: 0.3 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 5.3 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 16.5 mi
- Brushy Hill: 15.6 mi
- Mount Poso: 16.5 mi
- Knob Hill: 18.9 mi
- Hillcrest Point: 20.0 mi
- Round Mountain: 21.8 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 14.2 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 16.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 21.9 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 23.3 mi
- Kern National Wildlife Refuge: 24.9 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 1.0 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 5.4 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 14.1 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 14.5 mi
- Buttonwillow Raceway Park: 14.6 mi
- checkpoint: 19.6 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 19.2 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 20.2 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 20.3 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 10.2 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 10.2 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 14.8 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 16.7 mi
- Mon Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 17.6 mi
- Rio Bravo: 19.0 mi
- Willow Spring: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shafter Depot Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | ENE 74° | 540 m | 22.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | E 94° | 483 m | 21.8 mi |
| Hillcrest Point | SW 221° | 470 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Poso | ENE 69° | 369 m | 16.5 mi |
| Brushy Hill | E 90° | 367 m | 15.6 mi |
| Knob Hill | ENE 77° | 329 m | 18.9 mi |
| Ant Hill | ESE 104° | 288 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:39 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:09 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 54 | 59 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wasco, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1173822736
Day trips start here
- Buttonwillow · 11 mi
- Bakersfield · 18 mi
- McKittrick · 24 mi
- Kern County · 26 mi
- Taft · 28 mi
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