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Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, a museum in California
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Sonoma Valley Museum of Art is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sonoma in the Valley of the Moon, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (known colloquially as the SVMA) is an art museum located in Sonoma, California, United States. Founded in 1998, the museum exhibits works by regional, national and international modern and contemporary artists.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1998.

Wikidata Q7562199, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.29101, -122.45848
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Sonoma Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Depot Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hughes Park: 0.4 mi
  • Arnold Field: 0.4 mi
  • El Prado Common: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • The Patch: 0.4 mi
  • Gundlach-Bundschu Winery: 2.3 mi
  • Balloons Above the Valley: 8.5 mi
  • Napa Valley Wine Train: 9.5 mi
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 9.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Stuart Creek Run: 6.3 mi
  • Fairfield Osborn Preserve: 8.3 mi
  • Petaluma Marsh Expansion Site: 9.8 mi
  • Bahia Wetlands: 11.9 mi
  • Bahia Wildlife Habitat: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 51
Museums: 45
Gardens: 44
  • Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Nature's Way Montessori School Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Culinary Garden: 9.2 mi
  • McNear Community Gardens: 10.7 mi
  • Martha Walker Habitat Garden: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Haraszthy Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Green Valley Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Linda Falls: 18.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hunter Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Sulfur Springs: 21.6 mi
  • Worn Springs: 23.7 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoodNNW 336°833 m12.8 mi
Bald MountainNNW 346°832 m11.8 mi
Mount VeederN 5°817 m6.1 mi
Atlas PeakNE 44°814 m15.3 mi
Red MountainNNW 346°777 m11.5 mi
Diamond MountainNNW 338°716 m18.5 mi
Mount Saint JohnN 359°713 m10.2 mi
Sonoma MountainWNW 289°697 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4719:5820:37
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2416:1216:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485154576267707068635447
Precip in5.55.43.81.81.00.30.00.10.11.53.05.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/274894769

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