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Veterans Memorial Military Museum

Veterans Memorial Military Museum from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Military Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 554 m. Duckwall Mountain stands 1,775 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Courthouse Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.98558, -120.38326

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 51
Springs: 30
  • Gold Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Vine Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Lord Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Alder Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Ruby Hill Spring: 12.0 mi
Historic sites: 13
Museums: 11
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 6.9 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 7.2 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 11.2 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: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Veterans Memorial Military Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Duckwall MountainE 95°1,775 m14.4 mi
Marble MountainENE 79°1,665 m14.2 mi
Mount LewisENE 74°1,661 m12.5 mi
Elizabeth PeakNE 54°1,486 m9.1 mi
Mount ProvoE 79°1,479 m9.8 mi
Mount KnightNNE 32°1,458 m14.8 mi
Murphy PeakE 91°1,365 m12.1 mi
Cougar RockN 359°1,297.56 m17.0 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6299953986

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