Air Force Flight Test Center Museum
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 708 m. Middle Knob stands 1,891 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Onizuka Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
The story
The Air Force Flight Test Museum is an aviation museum located at Edwards Air Force Base near Rosamond, California, focused on the history of the Air Force Flight Test Center.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q20987011, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
115 named places within 25 miles
- Onizuka Park: 0.4 mi
- Corvais Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Branch Memorial Park: 6.1 mi
- North Edwards Park: 8.8 mi
- United Street Park: 13.4 mi
- Brown Butte: 8.1 mi
- De Stazo Hill: 10.4 mi
- Lookout Hill: 11.1 mi
- Red Hill: 11.6 mi
- Desert Butte: 12.0 mi
- B-52: 5.9 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 19.2 mi
- Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 19.4 mi
- Former Lancaster Grammar School Auditorium: 19.5 mi
- Judy Garland Childhood Home: 19.5 mi
- Century Circle: 4.9 mi
- Rio Tinto Borax Mine Visitor Center: 15.5 mi
- Boron Aerospace Museum: 16.4 mi
- Twenty Mule Team Museum: 16.4 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 18.6 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 16.7 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 18.4 mi
- Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 19.5 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 21.0 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 21.6 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 21.8 mi
- Bean Spring: 22.4 mi
- Eagle Spring: 23.7 mi
- Moody Springs: 23.9 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 2.5 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 19.3 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 19.4 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 13.2 mi
- One Desert Sky: 18.5 mi
- Astral Challenger: 20.5 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Air Force Flight Test Center Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Knob | NW 316° | 1,891 m | 24.1 mi |
| Soledad Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,262 m | 15.9 mi |
| Silver Peak | ESE 119° | 1,220 m | 24.6 mi |
| Saddleback Butte | SSE 157° | 1,077 m | 17.8 mi |
| Middle Butte | W 280° | 1,049 m | 20.5 mi |
| Red Buttes | ESE 106° | 1,037 m | 22.5 mi |
| Haystack Butte | E 101° | 1,030 m | 17.5 mi |
| Adobe Mountain | SE 135° | 1,018 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/185333639
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- Palmdale · 25 mi
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