The Beat Museum
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The Beat Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is City Lights Booksellers, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Beat Museum is located in San Francisco, California and is dedicated to preserving the memory and works of the Beat Generation. The Beat Generation was a group of post-WWII artists who challenged the social norms of the 1950s, encouraged experimentation with drugs and sexuality, practiced various types of Eastern religion, and desired to grow as humans. Also known as 'The Beats', they became famous in the 1950s and remain influential today. While dozens of personalities were involved in the formative years of the movement, the most celebrated members were Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. Some musicians are also considered to be part of the Beat Generation's legacy including The Doors, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and Tom Waits. Thomas Pynchon and Tom Robbins are examples of authors influenced by the Beat generation. The Beat Museum is dedicated to spreading the values of the Beat Generation, “Compassion, Tolerance, and of Living One’s Own Individual Truth.”. Its collection holds thousands of pieces of memorabilia from the era, hundreds of photographs of the Beats and their contemporaries, and an extensive book selection.
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Dates from 2003.
Wikidata Q43080164, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- City Lights Booksellers: 0.0 mi
- Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory: 0.2 mi
- Bank of Canton (former Chinese Telephone Exchange): 0.2 mi
- Filbert Steps: 0.3 mi
- Filbert Steps: 0.3 mi
- Language of Birds: 0.0 mi
- Jazz mural: 0.1 mi
- Ping Yuen Mural: 0.2 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson: 0.2 mi
- Goddess of Democracy: 0.2 mi
- Rosie the Riveter Plaza: 0.1 mi
- 1st Jewish Religious Services in SF (1849): 0.2 mi
- Pioche et Bayerque Bank: 0.2 mi
- 1st U.S. Flag Raised in San Francisco: 0.2 mi
- Hotaling Building: 0.2 mi
- Filbert Steps Garden: 0.3 mi
- Grace Marchant Garden: 0.3 mi
- Michelangelo Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- 123 Mission Plaza: 0.8 mi
- East Garden: 0.9 mi
- Woh Hei Yuen Recreation Center: 0.3 mi
- Transamerica Redwood Park: 0.3 mi
- Empire Park: 0.3 mi
- Washington Square Park: 0.3 mi
- Marini Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 0.3 mi
- Russian Hill: 0.5 mi
- Nob Hill: 0.6 mi
- Rincon Hill: 1.2 mi
- Lafayette Heights: 1.2 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 2.8 mi
- East Bay campsite #3: 4.7 mi
- East Bay campsite #2: 4.7 mi
- East Bay #1: 4.8 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 6.6 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 7.4 mi
- Tern Nesting: 7.5 mi
- Fort Funston: 7.5 mi
- East Beach: 2.6 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 2.6 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 4.0 mi
- Sand Springs Beach: 4.1 mi
- Perles Beach: 4.3 mi
- Huntington Falls: 4.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 4.3 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 5.4 mi
- Kent Falls: 11.1 mi
- Dawn Falls: 12.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.7 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.7 mi
- Old Spring: 7.8 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 12.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 4.5 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 8.3 mi
- Vent 5: 12.8 mi
- Aramai Point: 14.2 mi
- Rock Fort: 15.8 mi
- Lynn: 9.5 mi
- Winehaven: 10.6 mi
- Russell City: 17.9 mi
- Stokes Landing: 20.0 mi
- Eckley: 20.9 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 2.5 mi
- Quarters A: 2.5 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 7.4 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of The Beat Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSW 192° | 371 m | 7.8 mi |
| Richardson East | NW 306° | 338.6 m | 6.2 mi |
| Peak 1041 | WNW 302° | 317.297 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SSW 212° | 283 m | 4.9 mi |
| Slacker Hill | WNW 299° | 282 m | 5.2 mi |
| Hawk Hill | WNW 293° | 281 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Sutro | SW 225° | 278 m | 3.9 mi |
| Noe Peak | SW 215° | 274 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/5581588797
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