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Combat Air Museum

Combat Air Museum, a museum in Kansas
Combat Air Museum, a museum in KansasEric Friedebach · CC BY 3.0
Combat Air Museum, a museum in Kansas
Eric Friedebach · CC BY 3.0
Combat Air Museum, a museum in Kansas
Eric Friedebach · CC BY 3.0
Combat Air Museum, a museum in Kansas
Eric Friedebach · CC BY 3.0
Combat Air Museum, a museum in Kansas
Eric Friedebach · CC BY 3.0
Combat Air Museum, a museum in Kansas
Eric Friedebach · CC BY 3.0

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Combat Air Museum is a museum in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 326 m. Buffalo Mound stands 387 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is EC-121 Warning Star, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Native Stone Scenic Byway passes 9.3 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Combat Air Museum is a non-profit aviation museum at Topeka Regional Airport in Topeka, Kansas, United States. The museum preserves and displays U.S. military aviation history through a collection of more than 40 historic aircraft, including World War I replicas, World War II trainers, Cold War jets, and helicopters. In addition to its aircraft, the museum features aviation artifacts, educational programs, and exhibits on regional and national military aviation heritage.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5150600, matched on coordinates and name (857 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
326 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.94093, -95.67783
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heartland Park: 0.8 mi
  • Shawnee South Community Park: 1.1 mi
  • Montara South Park: 1.2 mi
  • Montara North Park: 1.3 mi
  • Grant Bradbury Park: 1.4 mi
Artworks: 22
  • There’s No Place Like Home: 4.9 mi
  • Native Topekan: 5.3 mi
  • Kansas Symbols: 6.2 mi
  • A City Alive: 6.2 mi
  • City of Gardens: 6.2 mi
Museums: 19
Gardens: 14
  • Ted Ensley Gardens: 4.8 mi
  • Harvey Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Doris Firestone Joss Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Prairie Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Culinary Garden: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Walnut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church: 6.7 mi
  • Kansas Veterans' Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • All War Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Munn Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Trail: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 13
Peaks: 13
Nature reserves: 12
Ghost towns: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Snyders Cabin: 8.4 mi
  • Overlook Park Shelter 2: 18.1 mi
  • Overlook Park Shelter 1: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Echo Cliff: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Bloomington Beach: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wakarusa River Falls: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Combat Air Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo MoundWNW 292°387 m22.9 mi
Stenger HillSSW 208°371 m8.6 mi
Elkhorn KnobSSW 210°367 m19.3 mi
Burnett MoundNNW 327°344 m5.7 mi
Coon PointENE 72°338 m14.2 mi
Tabor HillWNW 299°329 m24.6 mi
Nolan HillENE 60°317 m23.3 mi
Twin MoundsESE 119°316 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice05:5820:1220:52
September equinox07:1118:4619:21
December solstice07:3916:2217:05

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303545556575807869574434
Precip in0.81.22.33.95.24.74.64.43.52.81.81.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topeka Forbes FLD, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1287822002

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