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Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology Museum

Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology Museum from directly overhead

Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Hines Peak stands 2,041 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dizdar Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.20821, -119.03933
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dizdar Park: 0.5 mi
  • Carmenita Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pleasant Valley Fields: 1.0 mi
  • Constitution Park: 1.2 mi
  • Laurelwood Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • CSUCI Repeater Station: 2.9 mi
  • Round Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Peanut Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Conejo Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Sage Mountain: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 42
Artworks: 36
Historic sites: 36
Beaches: 33
Attractions: 21
  • Chumash Demonstration Village: 6.0 mi
  • Hartley Botanica: 6.3 mi
  • Wildwood Tepee: 7.4 mi
  • Modern Art: 9.8 mi
  • The Sunburst Railbikes: 10.3 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Native Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Kids Adventure Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Community Roots Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Community Roots Garden: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Skunk Hollow: 7.0 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 7.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.1 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 7.2 mi
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
Springs: 9
  • The Grotto: 9.8 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Rodeo Spring: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Sycamore Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Paradise Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 17.1 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 2
  • Coba Arch: 14.4 mi
  • Arch Rock: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hines PeakN 354°2,041 m21.0 mi
Topatopa BluffN 349°1,945 m20.4 mi
Sisar PeakNNW 344°1,680 m20.9 mi
Santa Paula PeakN 6°1,497 m16.1 mi
Hopper MountainNNE 28°1,381 m21.1 mi
San Cayetano MountainNNE 12°1,275 m16.3 mi
Oat MountainNNE 25°952 m18.4 mi
Sandstone PeakSE 135°948 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:08
June solstice05:4619:3520:12
September equinox06:4518:2118:54
December solstice06:5916:1316:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575758606266697070656156
Precip in2.92.92.00.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.91.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camarillo AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/276438163

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