Southern California Railway Museum
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Southern California Railway Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 437 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinacati Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
The story
The Southern California Railway Museum (SCRM, reporting mark OERX), formerly known as the Orange Empire Railway Museum, is a railroad museum in Perris, California, United States. It was founded in 1956 at Griffith Park in Los Angeles before moving to the former Pinacate Station as the "Orange Empire Trolley Museum" in 1958. It was renamed "Orange Empire Railway Museum" in 1975 after merging with a museum then known as the California Southern Railroad Museum, and adopted its current name in 2019. The museum also operates a heritage railroad on the museum grounds and on a right of way into downtown Perris.
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Dates from 1956.
Wikidata Q7099611, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinacati Park: 0.1 mi
- Holstrom Park: 0.1 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.8 mi
- Goetz Park: 1.0 mi
- Mercardo park: 1.1 mi
- Skydive Perris: 0.7 mi
- Perris Valley Thermometer: 1.8 mi
- Lake Perris Fairgrounds: 6.5 mi
- Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino: 8.2 mi
- Casino: 8.2 mi
- Unborn Child Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Medal of Honor Memorial: 8.4 mi
- United States of America - Department of the Army: 8.4 mi
- Department of the Navy - United States Marine Corps: 8.4 mi
- United States of America - Department of the Navy: 8.4 mi
- Steele Peak: 4.3 mi
- Coney Hill: 5.9 mi
- Bobbie Benchmark: 6.1 mi
- Double Butte: 6.7 mi
- Teri's Peak: 8.2 mi
- Nature Corner: 8.4 mi
- Environmental Learning Center: 8.4 mi
- Prayer Garden: 10.6 mi
- School Garden: 12.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 12.8 mi
- Halloween House: 9.7 mi
- S: 13.8 mi
- M: 13.8 mi
- A: 13.8 mi
- R: 13.8 mi
- Harford Spring: 8.1 mi
- Iodine Spring: 10.1 mi
- Lion Spring: 12.4 mi
- Adobe Spring: 13.0 mi
- Los Pinos Spring: 14.5 mi
- Dora Nelson African American Art and History Museum: 1.4 mi
- Perris Valley Historical Museum: 1.9 mi
- Yai Heki Regional Indian Museum: 7.5 mi
- March Field Air Museum: 8.7 mi
- Wings and Rotors Air Museum: 13.9 mi
- Four Seasons Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Double Butte County Park: 7.5 mi
- Lake Perris State Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- San Jacinto / Lake Perris Core Reserve: 8.3 mi
- San Jacinto / Lake Perris Core Reserve: 10.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Area A: 8.7 mi
- Area B: 8.7 mi
- Area C: 8.8 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 13.9 mi
- Pinacate: 0.1 mi
- Terra Cotta: 9.1 mi
- Leon: 10.7 mi
- Willard: 10.9 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 14.8 mi
- Ortega Falls: 14.6 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 16.1 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 16.9 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 17.1 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 20.5 mi
- Rock Climbing: 16.4 mi
- Rock Climbing: 16.6 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 22.0 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 22.8 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 23.0 mi
- Brookside Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Wildwood Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Wildwood Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Perris Beach: 7.5 mi
- Moreno Beach: 8.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Southern California Railway Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | W 259° | 1,734 m | 17.7 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | W 261° | 1,675 m | 18.2 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | WSW 254° | 1,401 m | 14.5 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | WSW 244° | 1,373 m | 15.3 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | WSW 249° | 1,315 m | 14.0 mi |
| Dellamont | ENE 76° | 1,231 m | 18.1 mi |
| Bald Peak | W 269° | 1,197 m | 17.4 mi |
| Claremont | ENE 75° | 1,181 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:27 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 69 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/810511815
Day trips start here
- Perris · 3 mi
- Lake Elsinore · 8 mi
- Moreno Valley · 13 mi
- Hemet · 14 mi
- Riverside · 16 mi
- Beaumont · 19 mi
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