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Tehachapi Heritage League Museum

Tehachapi Heritage League Museum from directly overhead

Tehachapi Heritage League Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,216 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Tehachapi Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

city in Kern County, California, United States

Dates from 1876.

Wikidata Q985253, matched on coordinates and name (322 m apart).

What to expect

Operated by
Tehachapi Heritage League

How to reach it

Coordinates35.12946, -118.44781

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Indian John Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Rock Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Lieva Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Harry Payne Spring: 9.8 mi
Parks: 23
  • Railroad Park: 0.2 mi
  • Philip Marx Central Park: 0.2 mi
  • West Park: 0.4 mi
  • Aviator Park and Campground: 0.6 mi
  • Orchard Park: 1.3 mi
Museums: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Historic Water Tower: 0.2 mi
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 0.2 mi
  • Tehachapi Loop: 7.1 mi
  • Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 20.6 mi
Historic sites: 4
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 12.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tehachapi Heritage League Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakN 8°2,565 m22.4 mi
Brown PeakN 3°2,466 m24.6 mi
Double MountainSSW 198°2,430 m7.0 mi
Tehachapi MountainSSW 200°2,418 m6.1 mi
Covington MountainS 191°2,392 m8.1 mi
Cummings MountainSW 229°2,362 m9.3 mi
Sorrell PeakNNE 24°2,348 m21.8 mi
Breckenridge MountainNNW 341°2,298 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:4119:3520:12
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5916:0716:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424245495766727166574841
Precip in2.43.02.00.80.40.10.30.10.20.50.92.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tehachapi 4 SE, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13971370446

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