Whittier Museum
Whittier Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 107 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is The Dress, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1947
- Height
- 15.7 m
- Elevation
- 107.3 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Dress: 0.2 mi
- From the Tree: 0.2 mi
- Crab Louis: 0.2 mi
- Red Rascal: 0.3 mi
- Flukes: 0.6 mi
- John Greenleaf Whittier Park: 0.2 mi
- Central Park: 0.4 mi
- Children's Park: 0.6 mi
- Friends Park: 0.6 mi
- Lee & Erika Owens Park: 0.8 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Bosque del Rio Hondo Natural Area: 3.8 mi
- Garden of the Innocent: 2.0 mi
- Pinewood Urn Garden: 2.2 mi
- Mystic Garden: 2.3 mi
- Imperial Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Fountain Urn Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Whittier Hill: 2.2 mi
- Workman Hill: 2.3 mi
- Montebello Hills: 4.7 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 6.5 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 7.5 mi
- LA-14 Nike Missile Site: 3.1 mi
- Freedom Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Avocado Heights Oak Tree Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Valley View Farms Business Center Plaque: 5.3 mi
- Valley View Farms History Tour Marker: 5.3 mi
- Hathaway Ranch Museum: 3.7 mi
- McDonald's Museum: 4.9 mi
- American Military Musuem: 5.1 mi
- Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum: 5.2 mi
- Sproul Museum: 5.2 mi
- M3 Lee: 5.0 mi
- M3 Lee: 5.0 mi
- Apollo Boilerplate 12: 6.7 mi
- Citadel Outlets: 6.7 mi
- Little India: 8.4 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Hidden Valley: 6.5 mi
- Creekside: 6.5 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 10.5 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 11.2 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 13.6 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 13.7 mi
- Washout Falls: 13.7 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 13.8 mi
- Mother's Beach: 15.9 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 16.6 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 19.7 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 21.8 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 22.6 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 15.2 mi
- McDermont Spring: 17.8 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 17.9 mi
- Fern Springs: 19.7 mi
- Doe Spring: 22.3 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 20.3 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 24.6 mi
- Spa Palace: 14.1 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Whittier Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Gabriel Peak | N 350° | 1,878 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Markham | N 349° | 1,746 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Wilson | N 356° | 1,737 m | 16.9 mi |
| Occidental Peak | N 352° | 1,736 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NNW 348° | 1,699 m | 17.8 mi |
| Monrovia Peak | NNE 14° | 1,649 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Harvard | N 356° | 1,640 m | 16.2 mi |
| Rankin Peak | NNE 13° | 1,606 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gabriel Fire Dept, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/471611777
Day trips start here
- Whittier · 1 mi
- Pico Rivera · 3 mi
- Santa Fe Springs · 3 mi
- Hacienda Heights · 4 mi
- Downey · 6 mi
- La Habra · 6 mi
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