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Western Science Center

Western Science Center from directly overhead

Western Science Center is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 492 m. San Jacinto Peak stands 3,288 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Diamond Valley Lake Community Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

About

The story

The Western Science Center (WSC), formerly the Western Center for Archaeology & Paleontology, is a museum located near Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet, California. The WSC is home to a large collection of Native American artifacts and Ice Age fossils that were unearthed at Diamond Valley Lake, including "Max", the largest mastodon found in the western United States, and "Xena", a Columbian mammoth, as well as dinosaur fossils recovered from New Mexico. Opened in 2006, the museum has been designed to provide world-class facilities for the research, curation, and presentation of the nearly one million specimens discovered during the development of Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2006.

Wikidata Q7988280, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates33.70672, -116.99296
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Diamond Valley Lake Community Park: 0.5 mi
  • Southwest Park: 1.2 mi
  • Brubaker Park: 1.3 mi
  • McSweeny Park: 1.7 mi
  • Spencer Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Hemet Butte: 1.9 mi
  • Mica Butte: 3.4 mi
  • Polly Butte: 4.0 mi
  • Tres Cerritos: 4.2 mi
  • Reservoir Butte: 4.5 mi
Attractions
  • Splash Pad: 8.7 mi
  • Wilson Creek Wine Tasting: 11.4 mi
  • Wiens Family Cellars: 12.0 mi
  • Ponte Family Estate: 12.2 mi
  • South Coast Winery: 12.4 mi
Springs: 59
  • Oak Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Bautista Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Cave Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Adobe Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Adobe Spring: 11.2 mi
Historic sites: 46
Gardens: 25
Museums: 21
Artworks: 19
  • Horse: 13.2 mi
  • Horse: 13.2 mi
  • M: 15.5 mi
  • S: 15.5 mi
  • E: 15.5 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Fuller Mill Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 21.4 mi
  • Andreas Falls: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Western Science Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Jacinto PeakENE 67°3,288 m19.5 mi
Jean PeakENE 69°3,202 m19.3 mi
Folly PeakENE 66°3,195 m19.3 mi
Marion MountainENE 71°3,150 m18.6 mi
Newton Drury PeakENE 68°3,102 m19.0 mi
Mount Saint EllenENE 70°3,097 m18.4 mi
Tahquitz PeakE 79°2,692 m18.5 mi
Castle RocksENE 62°2,616 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2719:00
June solstice05:3919:2620:02
September equinox06:3718:1318:46
December solstice06:5016:0616:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555659626873808177696154
Precip in2.42.81.60.70.40.10.20.20.40.50.71.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hemet, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/278378116

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