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Sherman Indian Museum

Sherman Indian Museum, a museum in California
Sherman Indian Museum, a museum in CaliforniaJosiah.r.white · CC0

Sherman Indian Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 237 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunt Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

About

The story

museum in Riverside, California, United States

Dates from 1970.

Wikidata Q59278105, matched on coordinates and name (9 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Sherman Indian High School

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.92506, -117.43743
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hunt Park: 0.3 mi
  • Don Lorenzi Park: 0.6 mi
  • Chaumont Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Arlington Park: 0.7 mi
  • Community Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
  • Riverside General Hospital Historic Site: 1.0 mi
  • Grand Arbor: 1.2 mi
  • Victoria Ave Pocket Park Gartden: 1.7 mi
  • Kathleen Gonzales Memorial Water-Wise Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Dr. Peter M. Lewis Garden: 3.3 mi
Peaks
  • Challen Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Lionshead (Reservoir) Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Quarry Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 3.5 mi
  • Pachappa Hill: 4.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • S/SGT Ysmael Villegas: 2.4 mi
  • The Children of the Inland Empire Make-a-Wish Foundation: 3.5 mi
  • De Anza Crossing: 3.5 mi
  • Holy Innocents of Present Day Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Ryan Bonaminio Park At The Tequesquite Arroyo: 4.2 mi
Museums: 59
Nature reserves: 41
Springs: 35
  • Hot Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Harford Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Cassina Springs: 9.1 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Ladd Canyon Spring: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Area A: 16.0 mi
  • Area C: 16.0 mi
  • Area B: 16.1 mi
  • Site C: 16.7 mi
  • Site B: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 6
  • Norco Bluffs: 6.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 7.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 7.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 8.1 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 8.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Sherman Indian Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakSSW 201°1,734 m15.8 mi
Modjeska PeakSSW 203°1,675 m15.5 mi
San SevaineN 352°1,594 m20.4 mi
Trabuco PeakS 188°1,401 m15.5 mi
Los Pinos PeakS 186°1,373 m18.1 mi
Horsethief PeakS 184°1,315 m16.5 mi
Pleasants PeakSW 228°1,211 m13.2 mi
Bald PeakSSW 206°1,197 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4019:2820:05
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636873798077696155
Precip in2.32.41.20.60.20.00.10.00.10.30.61.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverside Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/278271423

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