- Elevation, modelled
- 8 m
- Tallest summit within 14.9 miles
- Mount Bielawski985 m · 13.1 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:33local time
- Coordinates
- 37.4107, -122.0607
Space Shuttle Orbiter wind tunnel model is a artwork in California, at a modelled 8 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Shenandoah Plaza, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
Large-scale 0.36-scale precision engineering wind tunnel model of the Space Shuttle Orbiter used for aerodynamic testing at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field.
- Built
- 1970s
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Space Shuttle Orbiter wind tunnel model. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | S 188° | 985 m | 13.1 mi |
| Castle Rock | S 189° | 979 m | 12.7 mi |
| The Peak | S 183° | 917 m | 13.3 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSW 193° | 892 m | 11.7 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSW 192° | 890 m | 12.9 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | S 182° | 880 m | 13.5 mi |
| Summit Rock | S 190° | 878 m | 11.9 mi |
| Varian Peak | SSW 194° | 873 m | 12.8 mi |
Named places within 25 miles
- Shenandoah Plaza: 0.0 mi
- Stan The T-Rex: 1.5 mi
- Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation site: 2.5 mi
- Martin Murphy Home and Estate: 2.7 mi
- De Anza Expedition: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Bench: 0.1 mi
- Evandale Park: 0.4 mi
- Chase Park: 0.5 mi
- Devonshire Park: 0.5 mi
- Hetch-Hetchy Trail: 0.7 mi
- Moffett Field Historical Society Museum: 0.4 mi
- Moffett Field Model Railroad Club: 0.4 mi
- Computer History Museum: 0.9 mi
- The Foster Museum: 2.3 mi
- Joshua Hendy Iron Works Museum: 3.1 mi
- Lockheed P-3 Orion: 0.5 mi
- Plaza del Sol: 2.8 mi
- Plaza del Sol Labyrinth: 2.8 mi
- Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter: 4.1 mi
- Star Tower: 4.8 mi
- G: 0.9 mi
- Tick-Tock the Crocodile: 1.1 mi
- Cast Bronze Horse: 1.2 mi
- Scan: 1.3 mi
- Halo: 1.3 mi
- Soil&Water Garden: 1.7 mi
- Water-wise Demonstration Garden: 1.9 mi
- Senior Center Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Sister City Friendship rock garden: 1.9 mi
- Cuesta Pollinator Habitat: 2.8 mi
- Bubb Park picnic area: 2.6 mi
- Pine Grove Group Area: 3.0 mi
- Redwood Group Area: 3.0 mi
- Redwood Individual Area: 3.0 mi
- Arbor Group Area: 3.1 mi
- Coyote Hill: 4.9 mi
- Anza Knoll: 5.6 mi
- Ewing Hill: 6.6 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Vista Hill: 7.3 mi
- Niles beach: 12.0 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 19.1 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 19.1 mi
- Martins Beach: 19.3 mi
- Aardvark Beach: 19.3 mi
- Spring source: 8.7 mi
- Congress Springs: 11.4 mi
- McClure Spring: 12.0 mi
- Travertine Springs: 12.6 mi
- Summit Spring: 13.6 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 10.6 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 13.0 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 14.2 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 17.8 mi
- Drawbridge: 6.0 mi
- Stokes Landing: 13.5 mi
- Lexington: 15.3 mi
- Alma: 16.5 mi
- Russell City: 17.2 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 9.3 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 12.8 mi
- Underworld Rock: 12.9 mi
- The Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Chab: 22.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, under a mile away.
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