Armstrong Air and Space Museum
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Armstrong Air and Space Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 274 m. Anstine Hill stands 337 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Armstrong Air & Space Museum is a museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio, the hometown of aviator and astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon. Opened in 1972, the museum chronicles Ohio's contributions to the history of aeronautics and space flight. The museum is home to the original Gemini 8 spacecraft piloted by Armstrong to perform the world's first space docking, two of Armstrong's space suits, multiple items from the Apollo Program missions, a Moon rock brought back during the Apollo 11 mission, and an F5D Skylancer. The museum has several main galleries that cover spaceflight history from the early beginnings of the Space Race to the end of the Space Shuttle era. In the museum's Astro-theater, multimedia presentations and documentaries are cast upon the interior of the dome. The Armstrong Museum is a member site in a larger network of museums and destinations owned by the Ohio History Connection. The National Aviation Heritage Area (NAHA) lists the Armstrong Air & Space Museum as one of its partner organizations, citing its preservation of historically relevant material related to the history of aerospace. While the museum bears the name of the famed Apollo 11 astronaut, Armstrong had no formal connection with the museum nor did he benefit from the organization in any way.
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Dates from 1972-07-20.
Wikidata Q689196, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 274 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway
- 12.5 mi off the Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches Scenic Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Breakfast Optimist Park: 0.9 mi
- Brands Lake Fishing Club: 0.9 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.3 mi
- Lengerich Garden: 1.3 mi
- White Feather's Town: 6.4 mi
- Lock Number 14: 10.7 mi
- Special Agent Michael J. Lynch: 10.8 mi
- Miami and Erie Canal Lock 8: 11.2 mi
- Ohio Army National Guard Monument: 11.4 mi
- Wapakoneta Historical Museum: 1.4 mi
- Auglaize County Historical: 11.6 mi
- Allen County Museum: 12.6 mi
- New Bremen Historical Museum: 14.1 mi
- Bicycle Museum of America: 14.1 mi
- Auglaize Fish & Game Association: 1.2 mi
- Ferald Ritchie Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Gross Woods Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Dr. Elizabeth Yahl Kuffner Nature Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Baker Woods: 24.8 mi
- Nickel Plate 779: 12.8 mi
- Haunted Town Hall: 17.8 mi
- VanDemark Farm: 21.9 mi
- The Lost Land Corn Maze: 22.0 mi
- Temple of Tolerance Rock Garden: 0.8 mi
- The Mystery Stone: 6.4 mi
- Bird Bath: 12.8 mi
- Lynch Memorial Gardens: 10.8 mi
- The Children’s Garden: 12.6 mi
- Grand Lake St. Marys East Bank Park: 13.0 mi
- Auglaize Interstate 75 NB: 2.5 mi
- Auglaize Interstate 75 SB: 2.6 mi
- Mount Lookout: 7.9 mi
- Anstine Hill: 17.6 mi
- Fox Island Beach: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Armstrong Air and Space Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anstine Hill | E 84° | 337 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Lookout | ENE 73° | 318 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:13 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:30 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:30 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lima Wwtp, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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