Cavanaugh Flight Museum
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Cavanaugh Flight Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Pilot Knob stands 253 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Quorum Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 1.7 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Cavanaugh Flight Museum was a non-profit aviation museum at Addison Airport in Addison, Texas. It closed indefinitely as of January 1, 2024.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1993.
Wikidata Q5054865, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Quorum Park: 0.6 mi
- Spruill Park: 0.7 mi
- Parkview Park: 0.8 mi
- Bosque Park: 0.8 mi
- Addison Circle Park: 0.9 mi
- Let's Play: 0.7 mi
- The Bone: 0.7 mi
- Marfa: 0.8 mi
- Aigue-Marine: 0.8 mi
- Aikido: 0.8 mi
- Blueprints at Addison Circle: 0.9 mi
- Addison State Bank: 1.0 mi
- Frankford: 1.3 mi
- Frankford Church: 1.3 mi
- Warner Cemetery: 1.7 mi
- Addison Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Zen Garden: 3.5 mi
- Creekside Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- UT Dallas Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- The Rose Gardens of Farmers Branch: 4.7 mi
- Crayola Experience: 4.0 mi
- Northaven Trail: 4.9 mi
- Temoc: 5.0 mi
- Liberty Park Tank: 6.0 mi
- gas monkey live: 8.6 mi
- A W Perry Homestead Museum: 3.7 mi
- AW Perry Homestead: 3.7 mi
- Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum: 5.1 mi
- Heritage Farmstead Museum: 6.8 mi
- Exhibit Hall: 7.2 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 9.9 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 11.0 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 11.1 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 17.9 mi
- Flower Mound: 13.8 mi
- Grayhawk Hill: 15.0 mi
- Monarch Hill: 15.8 mi
- Chalk Hill: 16.0 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 19.5 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 8.7 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 13.7 mi
- The Corral: 14.1 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 16.1 mi
- Camey Spur: 7.8 mi
- Sowers: 13.5 mi
- La Reunion: 14.8 mi
- Nickelville: 18.0 mi
- Biggers: 22.7 mi
- McKamy Spring: 6.1 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 10.5 mi
- Muddy Creek: 13.6 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 14.4 mi
- Shayhan Point: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cavanaugh Flight Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | WNW 300° | 253 m | 24.5 mi |
| Long Point | WNW 298° | 234 m | 24.6 mi |
| Crawford Hill | WNW 297° | 231 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Donwell | W 259° | 218 m | 20.2 mi |
| Town Common | W 273° | 216.71 m | 21.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 305° | 207 m | 24.9 mi |
| Flower Mound | WNW 282° | 202 m | 13.8 mi |
| Chalk Hill | SSW 192° | 202 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:03 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:48 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richardson, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1293786239
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