Castle Air Museum
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Castle Air Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 53 m. Shultz Mountain stands 692 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Brick Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Castle Air Museum is a military aviation museum located at Castle Airport in Atwater, California.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1981.
Wikidata Q5049981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 53 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Brick Park: 0.1 mi
- Flag Park: 0.3 mi
- Monument Park: 0.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Osborn Park: 0.8 mi
- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Memorial Quad: 8.5 mi
- Pat Portwood: 17.0 mi
- Palace Market: 17.1 mi
- Blessing of the Oak Trees: 18.4 mi
- Acorn Dream: 18.4 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 13.8 mi
- China Hat: 14.0 mi
- Table Top Mountain: 17.3 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 18.3 mi
- Three Buttes: 19.3 mi
- Bloss House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Merced County Courthouse Museum: 6.6 mi
- Livingston Historic Museum: 8.1 mi
- Yosemite Wildlife Museum: 8.6 mi
- Agricultural Museum Of Merced County: 10.7 mi
- Gardening Club: 8.2 mi
- Gardening Club: 8.2 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 8.9 mi
- Trans-California Pathway: 18.5 mi
- Sustainable Agriculture Garden: 18.6 mi
- The Heart of Livingston: 8.1 mi
- Big Rufus: 8.3 mi
- Bobcat: 8.4 mi
- Beginnings: 8.5 mi
- Calafia: 17.2 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 7.8 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 9.6 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 9.8 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 10.7 mi
- Enoch Christoffersen Rest Area - Southbound: 15.2 mi
- Enoch Christoffersen Rest Area - Northbound: 15.3 mi
- Highway Patrol Weigh Station: 21.0 mi
- Sheepcamp Spring: 21.9 mi
- McNulty Spring: 23.9 mi
- Christmas Tree Lane: 17.4 mi
- Davis's Ferry: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Castle Air Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shultz Mountain | ENE 77° | 692 m | 24.4 mi |
| Bullion Hill | NE 51° | 454 m | 22.7 mi |
| Santa Cruz Mountain | ENE 73° | 438 m | 21.5 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | ENE 69° | 386 m | 20.9 mi |
| Indian Peak | ENE 77° | 359 m | 21.9 mi |
| Lucky Point | NNE 24° | 358 m | 24.3 mi |
| Ben Brow Hill | NNE 23° | 324 m | 23.5 mi |
| Three Buttes | ENE 79° | 320 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:08 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Merced, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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