Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory
Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory is a museum in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Honeymoon Hill stands 11 m to the southeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science, a museum 0.1 miles away. INDIAN RIVER LAGOON passes 1.0 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 13 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rocket Launch View Point · 7 mi
- Cocoa Beach Pier · 10 mi
- Rocket Launch Viewing · 10 mi
- Rocket Launch Viewing · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Don “Mo” Stradley Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Travis Park: 0.3 mi
- Don “Mo” Stradley Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Junny Rios Martinez Park: 1.2 mi
- Cocoa Manor: 1.2 mi
- Military and First Responders Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Viera 9/11 Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Navaho Missile: 9.7 mi
- USS Nathaniel Greene: 9.9 mi
- NASA Countdown Clock: 10.7 mi
- Exploration tower: 8.9 mi
- Lockheed Martin: 9.9 mi
- Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (Visitor Entrance): 10.2 mi
- Heroes & Legends: 10.7 mi
- Rocket Garden: 10.7 mi
- Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science: 0.1 mi
- Riverwalk Nature Center: 9.2 mi
- Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum: 9.4 mi
- The Dinosaur Store: 9.4 mi
- Florida Surf Museum: 9.6 mi
- Ulumay Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Pine Island Conservation Area: 7.5 mi
- Hundred Acre Hollows: 10.3 mi
- The Enchanted Forest Sanctuary: 10.5 mi
- Enchanted Forest Sanctuary: 11.0 mi
- Mulberry Mound: 7.0 mi
- Honeymoon Hill: 9.6 mi
- Paw Paw Mound: 12.8 mi
- Saddle Mound: 22.6 mi
- Heiffer Mound: 22.6 mi
- Patrick AFB Beach: 13.7 mi
- Titusville Beach: 18.3 mi
- Eau Gallie Beach: 20.3 mi
- Paradise Beach: 21.3 mi
- Playalinda Beach: 21.4 mi
- Ancient Beachgoers: 8.7 mi
- Kelly Slater Statue: 10.1 mi
- The Downtown Gallery: 15.9 mi
- Dragon Point: 19.3 mi
- Rialto Hedge: 22.0 mi
- Viera Hospital Garden: 11.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 21.3 mi
- Florida Institute of Technology Botanical Garden: 23.5 mi
- Possum Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Long Bluff: 10.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honeymoon Hill | SE 143° | 11 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mulberry Mound | WSW 258° | 6 m | 7.0 mi |
| Paw Paw Mound | NW 317° | 3 m | 12.8 mi |
| Saddle Mound | NW 319° | 3 m | 22.6 mi |
| Moccasin Mound | NW 318° | 3 m | 22.8 mi |
| Buck Point Mound | NW 320° | 3 m | 24.4 mi |
| Heiffer Mound | NW 319° | 2 m | 22.6 mi |
| Noah Mound | NW 321° | 1 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:04 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 19:50 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:50 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:57 | 17:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 60 | 62 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 68 | 63 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Titusville 7 E, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/367827367
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