Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor
Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Pine Mountain stands 1,184 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Minter Field Air Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1979-02-24
- Inscription
- "THIS PLAQUE AT SHAFTER AIRPORT COMMEMORATES THE WORLD'S FIRST MAN-POWERED FLIGHT TO COMPLETE THE KREMER CIRCUIT, AUGUST 23, 1977. THE CIRCUIT, A FIGURE EIGHT AROUND TWO PYLONS ONE-HALF MILE APART, WAS COMPLETED IN SIX MINUTES, TWENTY-TWO SECONDS. THE PLA
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Forest Park: 4.6 mi
- Mannel Park: 5.0 mi
- Kirschenmann Park: 5.0 mi
- Farm Park: 5.0 mi
- Community Park: 5.0 mi
- Brushy Hill: 10.2 mi
- Mount Poso: 11.9 mi
- Knob Hill: 13.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 16.4 mi
- Ant Hill: 17.3 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 0.2 mi
- The Green Hotel: 5.3 mi
- Harlin P. Wilson Agricultural Museum: 5.4 mi
- Depot Museum: 5.4 mi
- Shafter Depot Museum: 5.4 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 9.2 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 9.3 mi
- checkpoint: 14.9 mi
- Buttonwillow Raceway Park: 20.0 mi
- woody rd: 23.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 19.9 mi
- Carver Spring: 20.7 mi
- Dead Ox Spring: 21.9 mi
- Coyote Spring: 22.8 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 6.0 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 16.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 16.6 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 18.0 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 9.9 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 12.1 mi
- Mon Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 17.9 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 13.0 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Rio Bravo: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | E 79° | 1,184 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Pheasant | ENE 66° | 1,103 m | 24.3 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NE 55° | 745 m | 22.7 mi |
| Red Hill | ENE 68° | 540 m | 17.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | E 93° | 483 m | 16.4 mi |
| Hillcrest Point | SW 232° | 470 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Poso | ENE 57° | 369 m | 11.9 mi |
| Brushy Hill | E 88° | 367 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
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 | 47 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 80 | 74 | 63 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shafter 6E, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2257158537
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 13 mi
- Buttonwillow · 16 mi
- Kern County · 21 mi
- McKittrick · 28 mi
- Taft · 30 mi
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