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Skirball Cultural Center

Skirball Cultural Center from directly overhead

Skirball Cultural Center is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 339 m. May Peak stands 1,203 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sepulveda Pass Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

museum and educational institution in Los Angeles

Dates from 1996.

Wikidata Q3486321, matched on coordinates and name (22 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.12470, -118.47923

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Horse & Wagon: 1.7 mi
  • Dinosaur: 2.0 mi
  • Angle wings: 3.0 mi
  • That Profile: 3.2 mi
  • L' Air: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
  • San Vicente Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Gizmo Peak: 3.3 mi
  • Temescal Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Goat Peak (High Point): 4.7 mi
  • Green Peak: 4.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Terrace: 3.3 mi
  • Central Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Lower Terrace Sculpture Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Senior Garden: 3.6 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 39
  • shady grass: 8.0 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 8.7 mi
  • Lake Side: 10.1 mi
  • Garden Grove: 10.1 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 22
Waterfalls: 21
  • Temescal Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 16.9 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 18.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 18.1 mi
Springs: 16
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 2.7 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 11.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.3 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 14.3 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 20.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 12.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Skirball Cultural Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
May PeakN 10°1,203 m16.0 mi
Oat MountainNNW 334°1,138 m15.8 mi
Contract PointNNE 15°1,108 m15.5 mi
Kagel MountainNNE 20°1,081 m15.4 mi
Verdugo PeakENE 61°951.6 m13.0 mi
Limerock PeakNNE 27°905 m15.0 mi
Saddle PeakWSW 252°851 m10.6 mi
Mission PointNNW 346°832 m13.3 mi
Conditions

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 solstice06:5716:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F595859616366707273686458
Precip in4.64.82.70.70.40.20.00.00.10.70.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Getty CTR, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/419974642

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