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Shenandoah Valley Museum

Shenandoah Valley Museum from directly overhead

Shenandoah Valley Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 526 m. Baltic Peak stands 1,541 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
526 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.54491, -120.77605

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 24
  • Keystone Mine: 9.2 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 12.4 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 12.5 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 12.5 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 12.5 mi
Museums: 21
  • Sobon Estate Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Chew Kee Store: 2.9 mi
  • Amador Whitney Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Monteverde Store Museum: 10.5 mi
  • Knight Foundry: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 6.9 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 8.3 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 9.1 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 9.5 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 11.2 mi
Springs: 8
  • Marble Springs: 10.6 mi
  • Spanish Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Sugar Spring: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 21.3 mi
  • Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
  • A Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Pecker Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Rock Creek: 17.3 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Leete Falls: 23.5 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Pit Stop Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 23.8 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 23.8 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 13.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Shenandoah Valley Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baltic PeakNE 54°1,541 m17.4 mi
Big MountainE 81°1,395 m14.8 mi
Lincoln HillENE 61°1,379 m16.9 mi
Union HillNE 38°1,316 m19.3 mi
Big ButteNE 52°1,306 m14.8 mi
Hope MountainNE 54°1,281 m15.8 mi
Middle ButteNE 54°1,260 m14.7 mi
Sunday RidgeENE 60°1,233 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5220:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1816:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464852556270777672635245

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Placerville, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/368174108

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