Travel Town Museum
Travel Town Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is LA Live Steamers, a museum 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.0 miles off.
The story
Travel Town Museum is a railway museum dedicated on December 14, 1952, and located in the northwest corner of Los Angeles, California's Griffith Park. The history of railroad transportation in the western United States from 1880 to the 1930s is the primary focus of the museum's collection, with an emphasis on railroading in Southern California and the Los Angeles area.
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Dates from 1952-12-14.
Wikidata Q7835942, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Los Angeles Department of Recreation & Parks
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- LA Live Steamers: 0.3 mi
- Walt Disney’s Carolwood Barn: 0.4 mi
- Grand Central Airport Terminal: 1.4 mi
- Children's Discovery Center: 1.4 mi
- Autry Museum of the American West: 1.6 mi
- Mountain View Park: 0.5 mi
- Bette Davis Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Toyon Canyon Closed Landfill: 0.8 mi
- Neil Papiano Play Park: 1.0 mi
- Griffith Manor Park: 1.1 mi
- Partners: 1.1 mi
- Share the Magic: 1.1 mi
- Disney Ledgend Award: 1.1 mi
- Boys' Camp Abandoned Pool: 1.2 mi
- Ritschel Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Haunted Picnic Table 29: 1.2 mi
- Hollywood Sign: 1.6 mi
- Warner Bros Studio Tour: 1.6 mi
- Wisdom Tree: 1.9 mi
- Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round: 2.0 mi
- LA Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani And Mookie Betts: 1.2 mi
- Cyclic I: 1.3 mi
- Giant Ball: 1.5 mi
- Gloriette R1: 1.8 mi
- The Guardians: 2.0 mi
- Amir's Garden: 1.2 mi
- Cycad Garden: 1.3 mi
- Warner Bros. Jungle: 1.5 mi
- Dante's View: 1.8 mi
- Hollywood Sculpture Garden: 2.9 mi
- Mount Chapel: 1.2 mi
- Mount Baby Bell: 1.3 mi
- Mount Bell: 1.4 mi
- Taco Peak: 1.5 mi
- Cahuenga Peak: 1.6 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Lake Hollywood Open Space: 2.5 mi
- Hillpark Open Space: 3.2 mi
- Oakshire Canyon Open Space: 3.3 mi
- Brand Park: 3.4 mi
- Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 1.2 mi
- 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Griffith Park Old Zoo: 1.8 mi
- Tom LaBonge Panorama: 1.9 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 9.4 mi
- Fascination Spring: 9.6 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 11.0 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 11.4 mi
- Barrel Spring: 12.6 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 9.2 mi
- Millard Falls: 10.5 mi
- Royal Falls: 10.5 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 11.3 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 11.3 mi
- Mother's Beach: 14.7 mi
- Palisades Beach: 14.8 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 16.1 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 16.6 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 17.5 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 11.3 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.9 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 24.1 mi
- Spa Palace: 7.1 mi
- Mentryville: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Travel Town Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | NE 50° | 1,879 m | 13.9 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | ENE 63° | 1,878 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | ENE 61° | 1,819 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Deception | ENE 59° | 1,767 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Markham | ENE 64° | 1,746 m | 13.2 mi |
| Occidental Peak | ENE 67° | 1,736 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Lowe | ENE 65° | 1,699 m | 12.7 mi |
| Josephine Peak | NE 44° | 1,694 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
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 | 56 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Valley Pump PLT, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/167701343
Day trips start here
- Burbank · 2 mi
- Universal City · 3 mi
- Glendale · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Hollywood · 4 mi
- North Hollywood · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Northwest · 5 mi
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