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Shell Alumni Museum

Shell Alumni Museum from directly overhead

Shell Alumni Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Eagle Peak stands 722 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is James Cooper Memorial Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Royal Dutch Shell
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.01552, -122.12529
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Cappy Ricks Park: 0.1 mi
  • Highland Ave. Park: 0.3 mi
  • Susana Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Plaza Ignacio Martinez Park: 0.5 mi
  • Martinez Waterfront Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Martinez Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Museum of History, Benicia (formerly Benicia Historical Museum): 2.6 mi
  • Museum of History, Benicia - Downtown: 2.9 mi
  • Benicia Capitol: 3.0 mi
  • Concord Historical Museum: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites
Artworks
  • Martinez Beavers: 0.7 mi
  • United States Peace Corps Fountain: 2.0 mi
  • John Muir and Alhambra Creek Watershed: 2.2 mi
  • John Muir Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Benicia Bench: 2.6 mi
Attractions
  • Arch Bridge: 1.0 mi
  • City of Benicia Fishing Pier: 2.9 mi
  • bandstand: 3.1 mi
  • Alhambra Creek Valley Staging Area: 4.1 mi
  • US Army helicopter: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Old Martinez Summit: 1.4 mi
  • Franklin Crest: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Helen: 2.3 mi
  • Mount Wanda: 2.4 mi
  • Point Carquinez Overlook: 3.6 mi
Beaches: 22
Springs: 20
  • Sulfur Springs: 5.7 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Soto Springs: 11.9 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Coffeeberry Spring: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Abrigo Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Green Valley Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Dawn Falls: 24.4 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 24.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 5.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Shell Alumni Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakSE 128°722 m12.9 mi
Vollmer PeakSSW 210°581 m10.5 mi
Las Trampas PeakSSE 165°557 m13.0 mi
Chaparral PeakSSW 209°540 m10.9 mi
Grizzly PeakSSW 213°531 m10.9 mi
Round TopSSW 198°531 m12.0 mi
Eagle PeakSSE 162°524 m13.7 mi
Barberry PeakSSW 205°513 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4719:5620:35
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2216:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464953576267706967615246
Precip in3.93.82.71.30.60.30.00.00.10.82.13.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinez WTP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/517843366

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