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Yosemite Wildlife Museum

Yosemite Wildlife Museum from directly overhead

Yosemite Wildlife Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 55 m. Catheys Mountain stands 837 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ada Givens Park, a park 0.8 miles away. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
55 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.29478, -120.45034
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ada Givens Park: 0.8 mi
  • Frank Gasper Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hansen Park: 1.4 mi
  • Neighborhood Park: 1.5 mi
  • Dwight Amey Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks: 23
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 4
Gardens: 3
Historic sites: 3
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 3
  • Sheepcamp Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yosemite Wildlife Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Catheys MountainENE 60°837 m24.3 mi
Guadalupe MountainsENE 66°804 m24.1 mi
Buck PointENE 57°758 m24.3 mi
Shultz MountainENE 58°692 m19.7 mi
Ward MountainENE 77°687 m24.9 mi
Garnet PointNE 55°608 m23.3 mi
Bald HillNE 56°603 m23.6 mi
Illinois HillE 84°507 m24.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:14
June solstice05:4219:4720:26
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1316:0816:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465054596773787773645346
Precip in2.72.21.91.00.60.10.00.00.10.71.22.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Merced, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/311712204

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