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Tuolumne County Museum

Tuolumne County Museum from directly overhead

Tuolumne County Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 548 m. Duckwall Mountain stands 1,775 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Foster's Prospectors Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

The story

historical society located in Tuolumne County, California

Dates from 1956.

Wikidata Q110968321, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
548 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.98381, -120.38562

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 51
Springs: 30
  • Gold Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Vine Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Lord Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Alder Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Ruby Hill Spring: 12.1 mi
Historic sites: 13
Museums: 11
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 6.7 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 7.1 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 11.1 mi
  • Remote Camp: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Dunn Court Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 14.1 mi
Gardens: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 7.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Scoutmaster Grotto: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Tuolumne County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Duckwall MountainE 94°1,775 m14.5 mi
Marble MountainENE 78°1,665 m14.3 mi
Mount LewisENE 74°1,661 m12.7 mi
Elizabeth PeakNE 54°1,486 m9.3 mi
Mount ProvoENE 79°1,479 m10.0 mi
Mount KnightNNE 32°1,458 m15.0 mi
Murphy PeakE 90°1,365 m12.2 mi
Cougar RockN 359°1,297.56 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:4019:4920:28
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1516:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444650536168757469605044
Precip in6.35.55.43.01.50.30.00.10.21.63.25.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonora, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368174144

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