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Western Pacific Railroad Museum, a museum in California
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Western Pacific Railroad Museum, a museum in California
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Western Pacific Railroad Museum, a museum in California
David Brossard · CC BY-SA 2.0
Western Pacific Railroad Museum, a museum in California
David Brossard · CC BY-SA 2.0
Western Pacific Railroad Museum, a museum in California
David Brossard · CC BY-SA 2.0
Western Pacific Railroad Museum, a museum in California
David Brossard · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Western Pacific Railroad Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,474 m. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Clock Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

About

The story

The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) in Portola, California, known as the Portola Railroad Museum until January 1, 2006, is a heritage railroad that preserves and operates historic American railroad equipment and preserves documents, photos and information. The museum's mission is to preserve the history of the Western Pacific Railroad and is operated by the Feather River Rail Society (reporting mark FRRX), founded in 1983. It is located at a former Western Pacific locomotive facility, adjacent to the Union Pacific's former Western Pacific mainline through the Feather River Canyon.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1984.

Wikidata Q7988142, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1474 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Feather River Rail Society
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.80379, -120.47633
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Rocky Point: 2.9 mi
  • Beckwourth Peak: 3.1 mi
  • Smith Peak: 5.3 mi
  • Crocker Mountain: 6.5 mi
  • Penman Peak: 6.5 mi
Parks: 16
  • Clock Park: 0.5 mi
  • Portola City Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kids Creek Forest: 0.9 mi
  • Delleker Park: 1.5 mi
  • State Game Refuge One-V: 6.7 mi
Springs: 12
  • Oso Kum Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Dotta Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Rocky Point Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Section 15 Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Big Pine Spring: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Frazier Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Fern Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Loves Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Hackmans Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Weber Falls: 22.5 mi
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Mammoth Mill: 12.6 mi
  • Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 17.1 mi
  • Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 17.8 mi
  • Wheelers Sheep Camp: 23.4 mi
Hot springs: 3
  • Marble Hot Springs: 7.1 mi
  • Marble Hot Springs: 7.1 mi
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Webber Lake: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Western Pacific Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sierra ButtesSSW 212°2,617 m17.1 mi
Mount IngallsNNW 329°2,542 m15.4 mi
Dixie MountainNE 47°2,537 m13.8 mi
Mount Ina CoolbrithESE 111°2,454 m19.0 mi
Haskell PeakSSW 202°2,453 m10.6 mi
Crystal PeakENE 63°2,375 m20.9 mi
Mount ElwellWSW 240°2,361 m13.1 mi
Mount FillmoreWSW 256°2,344 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3519:5420:34
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2015:5816:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313438435159666458483831
Precip in4.23.93.61.51.20.50.30.30.41.12.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portola, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368174010

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