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Turtle Bay Museum

Turtle Bay Museum from directly overhead

Turtle Bay Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. Bully Choop Mountain stands 2,109 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sundial Bridge, a attraction 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.59116, -122.37655
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
  • River Side Park: 0.1 mi
  • Turtle Bay Exploration Park South: 0.2 mi
  • Turtle Bay Exploration Park North: 0.4 mi
  • Turtle Bay East: 0.8 mi
  • Whistle Stop Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Human Sundial: 0.5 mi
  • Balloons: 0.8 mi
  • Los Gordos Mural: 0.8 mi
  • Dandelions: 0.8 mi
  • Harmonious Love: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Fishermans Point: 8.7 mi
  • Vista Point: 9.1 mi
  • Vista Point: 9.3 mi
  • (Unnamed) Island Picnic Site: 10.8 mi
  • OAKBOTTOM: 13.4 mi
Museums: 8
Gardens: 6
  • South African Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Australian Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Chilean Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Matson, Mowder, Howe Celebration Garden: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Whiskeytown Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Crystal Creek Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Clover Creek Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Bear Creek Falls: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Turtle Bay Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bully Choop MountainW 263°2,109 m20.6 mi
Paradise PeakW 262°1,920 m19.5 mi
Shasta BallyW 273°1,882 m14.6 mi
Shoemaker BallyW 265°1,807 m17.0 mi
Little BallyW 264°1,640 m13.9 mi
Schell MountainNNW 336°1,580 m19.9 mi
South Fork MountainW 262°1,521 m12.5 mi
Buckhorn BallyW 276°1,520 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4020:0320:44
September equinox06:5818:3219:08
December solstice07:3116:0316:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485154596877838175655347
Precip in6.05.54.62.41.80.70.10.10.41.93.56.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redding AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/553585644

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