Chico Air Museum
Chico Air Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 77 m. Bald Mountain stands 1,761 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is IN HONOR OF ALL CHICO AREA VETERANS, a historic site 2.1 miles away. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Chico Air Museum is a nonprofit aviation museum located at the Chico Municipal Airport in Chico, California. Its mission statement is to "collect, preserve, document and display aircraft, and aviation and space artifacts. The museum’s primary purpose is to educate and inspire people of all ages about aviation and the history of flight".
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Wikidata Q30594751, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- DeGarmo Community Park: 2.1 mi
- Rotary Centennial Park: 2.9 mi
- Peterson Park: 3.0 mi
- Hancock Park: 3.2 mi
- Wildwood Park: 3.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Flatiron: 9.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 10.2 mi
- Campbell Mound: 11.9 mi
- Nimshew Ridge: 12.8 mi
- Western Falls: 20.3 mi
- Lower Ravine Falls: 20.6 mi
- Phantom Falls: 20.7 mi
- Little Phantom Falls: 20.7 mi
- Ladder Falls: 20.8 mi
- Hog Spring: 7.2 mi
- Negro Spring: 7.3 mi
- Colyear Springs: 8.9 mi
- Root Spring: 9.3 mi
- Bell Spring: 13.0 mi
- Museum of Northern California Art: 4.7 mi
- Gateway Science Museum: 4.9 mi
- Vertebrate Museum: 5.1 mi
- Janet Turner Print Museum: 5.2 mi
- Chico Museum: 5.2 mi
- IN HONOR OF ALL CHICO AREA VETERANS: 2.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Bidwell Mansion: 5.0 mi
- Chico Community Labyrinth: 5.0 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Chico State Flame: 5.1 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 5.1 mi
- Monoliths: 5.1 mi
- Ring Roll: 5.1 mi
- Three Sisters: 5.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.0 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 5.1 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 7.8 mi
- Steamboat Point: 8.7 mi
- Clarenback Point: 14.0 mi
- Cape Horn: 17.1 mi
- East China Point: 17.7 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Willows Rest Area Northbound: 23.7 mi
- Willows Rest Area Southbound: 23.7 mi
- Soto: 10.0 mi
- Monroeville: 10.8 mi
- Bloomer: 23.1 mi
- Five Mile: 4.5 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 21.2 mi
- Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chico Air Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,761 m | 22.4 mi |
| Oak Point | ENE 68° | 1,617 m | 22.6 mi |
| Bottle Hill | NE 49° | 1,609 m | 22.7 mi |
| Gold Hill | NE 51° | 1,527 m | 21.8 mi |
| Gold Hill | NE 51° | 1,523 m | 21.6 mi |
| The Big Hill | ENE 72° | 1,471 m | 24.6 mi |
| Ike Dye Hill | NNE 33° | 1,338 m | 23.5 mi |
| Big Bar Mountain | E 94° | 1,332 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:04 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–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 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chico Univ Farm, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Chico · 4 mi
- Corning · 19 mi
- Willows · 26 mi
- Tehama County · 30 mi
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