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West Bay Model Railroad Association

West Bay Model Railroad Association from directly overhead

West Bay Model Railroad Association is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is JB Blunk Memorial, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.

This building is the former Southern Pacific baggage building in the historic Menlo Park Rail Station.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates37.45397, -122.18125
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Attractions
  • Historic Railroad Station: 0.1 mi
  • El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 0.8 mi
  • Tower Well structure (historic): 0.9 mi
  • Stem Cell Research information placards: 1.6 mi
  • Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Merrill Street Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Menlo Park Civic Center Complex: 0.2 mi
  • Burgess Park: 0.3 mi
  • Nealon Park: 0.4 mi
  • Camp Fremont Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
  • Raouli, Where Are You?: 0.1 mi
  • More Silent Than More: 0.3 mi
  • Return on Investment: 0.4 mi
  • Under The Wide Sky We Gather: 0.4 mi
  • Ella: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Portola Journey's End: 0.7 mi
  • Ira E. Bonde commemorative plaque: 0.7 mi
  • Bicentennial Tree recognition: 0.8 mi
  • Bicentennial of Portola Expedition and El Palo Alto tree: 0.8 mi
  • El Camino Real Bell Historic Marker: 0.9 mi
Museums
Picnic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 45
Waterfalls: 15
Springs: 9
  • Summit Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Summit Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Spring source: 9.8 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 15.0 mi
  • Congress Springs: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 8
  • Graffiti Rock: 13.6 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 16.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 16.4 mi
  • Chab: 19.4 mi
  • Aramai Point: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of West Bay Model Railroad Association. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiSSE 163°985 m16.7 mi
Castle RockSSE 163°979 m16.3 mi
The PeakSSE 160°917 m17.3 mi
Lookout TowerSSE 165°892 m14.9 mi
Goat RockSSE 166°890 m16.1 mi
Summit RockSSE 163°878 m15.4 mi
Varian PeakSSE 167°873 m15.9 mi
Black MountainS 169°849 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155576166686766615348
Precip in2.93.22.21.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/111834755

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