Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum
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Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is World's Greatest, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 2.5 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Started in 1998, one of the museums with about 5 aircraft is located at the Hillsboro Airport in the Portland metropolitan area. Aircraft at the museum are either maintained in flyable condition or are restored so that they can be flown once again. As of March 2010, there were 15 aircraft in the museum's collection within multiple locations between Hillsboro, Oregon, Corvallis, Oregon and Tillamook Oregon and Doug Donkel served as museum director.
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Dates from 1998.
Wikidata Q5128084, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 13.6 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 21.9 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
- 25.8 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Named places within 25 miles
- World's Greatest: 0.5 mi
- Holstein Cow: 1.5 mi
- Eastman Rose Garden Mosaic: 1.5 mi
- For Everyone: 1.7 mi
- Food Is Our Common Ground: 1.8 mi
- Shadywood Park: 0.6 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.7 mi
- Griffin Oaks Park: 0.8 mi
- Dawson Creek Park: 1.1 mi
- Glencoe Creek Park: 1.2 mi
- Dawson Creek Woods: 0.6 mi
- Dawson at Cornell: 0.7 mi
- Hillwood: 1.0 mi
- Dawson Creek Property at NE Shute Road: 1.3 mi
- Lily Meadows: 1.3 mi
- JB Thomas Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Pioneer Methodist Meeting House and Cemetary Memorial: 1.7 mi
- METHODIST MEETING HOUSE: 1.7 mi
- CHAMPOEG MEETING AND FIRST GOVERNMENT: 1.7 mi
- TRAPPERS: 1.7 mi
- Baker Memorial Healing Garden: 1.6 mi
- Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden: 2.7 mi
- Waterwise Garden: 2.9 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.9 mi
- Life Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Mount Williams: 6.7 mi
- Cooper Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Sexton Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Spring Hill: 8.2 mi
- Fern Hill: 8.4 mi
- Hillsboro Arch: 1.0 mi
- Historic Archibald McGill House: 2.0 mi
- Roloff Farm: 4.8 mi
- Pirate Ship: 4.8 mi
- Molly's Castle: 4.8 mi
- Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals: 2.9 mi
- Vintage Tek: 7.0 mi
- Japanese Arts Learning Center: 11.8 mi
- The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum: 12.3 mi
- Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art: 13.0 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 4.8 mi
- The Love Garden Farm Stand: 9.2 mi
- Shelter A: 13.6 mi
- Eagle Shelter: 14.4 mi
- Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 14.4 mi
- Jackson Falls: 6.3 mi
- Cedar Mill Falls: 7.4 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Little Lee Falls: 16.2 mi
- Lee Falls: 16.8 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 12.3 mi
- Poet's Beach: 13.7 mi
- Surprise Beach: 15.4 mi
- North Beach: 15.4 mi
- Reeder Beach: 15.5 mi
- Roy: 7.6 mi
- Greenville: 8.9 mi
- Thatcher: 9.4 mi
- Fulton: 14.2 mi
- Champoeg: 19.8 mi
- Waud Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 18.7 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 18.8 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 18.9 mi
- Normandin Spring: 12.6 mi
- Fern Spring: 13.3 mi
- Oliver Spring: 13.5 mi
- Giesy Spring: 22.6 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 19.8 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 20.0 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Saddle Mountain | W 273° | 1,048 m | 20.5 mi |
| Larch Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,044 m | 24.6 mi |
| Woods Point | W 276° | 940 m | 23.7 mi |
| Round Top | WNW 297° | 909 m | 22.2 mi |
| Windy Point | W 262° | 880 m | 22.6 mi |
| Long Mountain | NNW 337° | 689 m | 19.2 mi |
| Green Mountain | NNW 329° | 676 m | 17.1 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNW 348° | 649 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:45 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:19 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 15:42 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 52 | 45 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland-hillsboro AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/137061368
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