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Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society

Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society from directly overhead

Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the east-southeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Larkey Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.92250, -122.07394
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Turkey Vulture: 0.1 mi
  • Labyrinth: 3.4 mi
  • Alhambra Creek Valley Staging Area: 3.6 mi
  • Hurricane Harbor: 3.8 mi
  • The Old Borges Ranchouse: 4.5 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Dinosaur Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Fossil Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Briones Peak: 3.1 mi
  • Cardiac Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill Benchmark: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Picnic sites
Beaches: 24
Springs: 19
  • Sulfur Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Soto Springs: 6.1 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Coffeeberry Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Moses Rock Spring: 7.2 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 11.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloESE 108°1,173 m9.2 mi
Devil's PulpitESE 108°1,110 m9.3 mi
North PeakESE 102°1,084 m9.7 mi
Ransom PointESE 106°1,037 m9.0 mi
Mount OlympiaE 99°898 m9.5 mi
Eagle PeakE 101°722 m7.5 mi
Rock 2S 175°617 m7.5 mi
Vollmer PeakWSW 252°581 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4719:5520:35
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2116:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505457616671737472665650
Precip in3.53.62.61.20.60.10.00.00.10.71.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Wwtp, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2392213890

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