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Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center from directly overhead

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 765 m. Pacifico Mountain stands 2,165 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Vasquez Rocks, a peak 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 26 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1935
Height
6.3 m
Elevation
764.8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.48854, -118.32151

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens: 50
Springs: 39
  • Whisky Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Fryingpan Springs: 5.2 mi
  • Bear Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Willow Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Big Oak Spring: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • North Fork Saddle: 8.0 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 14.1 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 14.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
Museums: 32
Waterfalls: 15
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 18.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pacifico MountainESE 114°2,165 m17.9 mi
Granite MountainESE 120°1,998 m16.4 mi
Mount GleasonSE 133°1,990 m11.3 mi
RoundtopESE 123°1,908 m17.2 mi
Strawberry PeakSE 141°1,879 m18.2 mi
Messenger PeakSE 137°1,833 m10.2 mi
Mount LawlorSE 140°1,807 m19.5 mi
Peak 5881ESE 109°1,793 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3320:10
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice06:5716:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475055616876838276665446
Precip in1.41.81.10.40.10.00.20.00.10.40.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmdale, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/472589653

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