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CAF SoCal

CAF SoCal from directly overhead

CAF SoCal is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Hines Peak stands 2,041 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

About

The story

The CAF Southern California Wing Museum (commonly shortened to CAF SoCal) is an air museum at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. It is a unit of the Commemorative Air Force. It is home to several airworthy historic aircraft, as well as static aircraft, displays, models, and artifacts primarily related to military aviation in World War II. The unit includes a Cadet Program focused on introducing children and young adults to the aviation and aerospace sectors, and provides them scholarship opportunities for flight training.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1981.

Wikidata Q131439100, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Commemorative Air Force - Southern California Wing

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates34.20989, -119.08195
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Freedom Park: 0.2 mi
  • Springville West Park: 0.9 mi
  • Mel Vincent Park: 1.0 mi
  • Springville Dog Park: 1.1 mi
  • Nancy Bush Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 39
Historic sites: 33
Beaches: 32
Artworks: 29
Attractions: 21
  • Chumash Demonstration Village: 8.0 mi
  • Hartley Botanica: 8.3 mi
  • Wildwood Tepee: 9.9 mi
  • The Sunburst Railbikes: 10.1 mi
  • Modern Art: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Community Roots Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Community Roots Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Native Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Kids Adventure Garden: 11.4 mi
Springs: 10
  • The Grotto: 11.6 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Bellyache Springs: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Picnic sites: 8
  • Skunk Hollow: 9.4 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 9.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.6 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 9.6 mi
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 2
  • Coba Arch: 16.8 mi
  • Arch Rock: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of CAF SoCal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hines PeakN 1°2,041 m20.8 mi
Topatopa BluffN 356°1,945 m20.0 mi
Chief PeakNNW 347°1,703 m21.3 mi
Sisar PeakN 350°1,680 m20.2 mi
Santa Paula PeakNNE 14°1,497 m16.4 mi
Hopper MountainNNE 34°1,381 m22.3 mi
Nordhoff PeakNNW 335°1,349 m21.9 mi
San Cayetano MountainNNE 20°1,275 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:08
June solstice05:4619:3520:12
September equinox06:4518:2218:55
December solstice06:5916:1316:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575758606266697070656156
Precip in2.92.92.00.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.91.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camarillo AP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2810347079

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