Western Railway Museum
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Western Railway Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Laflin Park Picnic Area, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Western Railway Museum, in Solano County, California, United States is located on Highway 12 between Rio Vista and Suisun. The museum is built along the former mainline of the Sacramento Northern Railway. Their collection focuses on trolleys, as it is primarily a museum of interurban transit equipment. The Western Railway Museum has the largest collection of Sacramento Northern Railway equipment in existence, and the museum also operates a line of the former Sacramento Northern as a heritage railway with scheduled excursions for visitors. Originally named the California Railway Museum, it was renamed the Western Railway Museum at the beginning of 1985. The museum is operated by the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association (BAERA), a non-profit organization.
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Wikidata Q7988213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Luco Hill: 3.3 mi
- Kirby Hill: 3.5 mi
- Suisun Hill: 7.9 mi
- Cement Hill: 9.4 mi
- Nelson Hill: 13.3 mi
- Birds Landing - Benjamin's Store: 5.0 mi
- Pioneer Monument: 11.9 mi
- William Gordon Huff: 11.9 mi
- Solano County Vietnam War Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Riverview Union High School: 13.3 mi
- Irving H. Lambrecht Sports Complex: 6.0 mi
- Montebello Vista Park: 6.6 mi
- Patriot Park: 6.9 mi
- Lawler Falls Park: 7.1 mi
- Independence Park: 7.1 mi
- Suisun Marsh Overlook: 5.8 mi
- Jelly Belly: 11.3 mi
- Babe Ruth Baseball Field: 13.4 mi
- Cool Patch Pumpkins: 16.5 mi
- Dragon Roller Coaster: 16.8 mi
- Laflin Park Picnic Area: 0.0 mi
- Upper Vista Area: 17.9 mi
- Lower Vista Area: 17.9 mi
- Parkview Area: 17.9 mi
- Peacock Roost Area: 17.9 mi
- Passage & Flow: 9.3 mi
- Until Then: 9.3 mi
- "Red Salmon" fishing boat: 11.8 mi
- The Fisherman: 11.8 mi
- Ore Cart: 11.9 mi
- Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum: 5.5 mi
- Rio Vista Museum: 10.6 mi
- American Armory Museum: 11.9 mi
- Pena Adobe Park: 11.9 mi
- Pittsburg Historical Museum: 12.0 mi
- The Grove: 7.6 mi
- Pauline Davidson Living Memorial Garden: 10.2 mi
- Fairfield Rose Garden: 10.3 mi
- Vacaville's Demonstration Garden: 10.6 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 10.7 mi
- Sulfur Springs: 16.7 mi
- Peach Tree Spring: 21.6 mi
- Soto Springs: 21.8 mi
- Moses Rock Spring: 22.4 mi
- Burma Spring: 22.6 mi
- Cement: 8.9 mi
- Ambrose: 12.4 mi
- Nortonville: 17.1 mi
- Somersville: 17.1 mi
- Judsonville: 17.3 mi
- Playpen: 11.2 mi
- Kite beach: 11.2 mi
- Green Valley Falls: 17.3 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 23.4 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 20.3 mi
- Turtle Rock: 23.7 mi
- Rest Stop: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Western Railway Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | S 185° | 1,173 m | 22.4 mi |
| Devil's Pulpit | S 185° | 1,110 m | 22.4 mi |
| North Peak | S 184° | 1,084 m | 21.6 mi |
| Ransom Point | S 186° | 1,037 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Olympia | S 184° | 898 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Vaca | NW 317° | 857 m | 18.4 mi |
| Signal Hill | NW 316° | 726 m | 16.4 mi |
| Eagle Peak | S 189° | 722 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairfield, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/92633613
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