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Estrella Warbird Museum

Estrella Warbird Museum, a museum in California
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Estrella Warbird Museum, a museum in California
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Estrella Warbird Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bruce Munro: Light at Sen­so­rio, a artwork 0.8 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 22 miles off. 152 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.

About

The story

The Estrella Warbirds Museum is an aviation museum dedicated to the restoration and preservation of military aircraft, vehicles, and memorabilia. The museum is located at Paso Robles Municipal Airport in central California and is named after Estrella Army Airfield. In July, 2009, the museum opened an automobile display featuring classic racing cars, The Woodland Auto Display.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1992.

Wikidata Q5401818, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.66468, -120.61940

Overlooks nearby

Around it

152 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
  • Barney Schwartz Park: 2.2 mi
  • Royal Oaks Meadows Park: 4.0 mi
  • Turtle Creek Park: 4.0 mi
  • Centennial Park: 4.1 mi
  • Melody Park: 4.2 mi
Peaks: 45
  • Norn Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Fair Oaks Benchmark: 9.9 mi
  • Chimney Rock: 10.0 mi
  • Murphy Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Pine Mountain: 12.1 mi
Springs: 14
Attractions: 9
  • Devils Gap: 15.6 mi
  • New Narrows: 18.9 mi
  • Bee Rock: 19.3 mi
  • Oak Shores Marina: 21.6 mi
  • Christmas Cove: 23.7 mi
Museums: 8
Artworks: 7
Historic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 4
  • Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
  • Morro Bay National Estuary Program: 24.6 mi
  • Morro Rock Natural Preserve: 24.7 mi
  • Los Padres National Forest: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 3
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Franklin Hot Springs: 5.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle MountainNE 39°1,312 m24.6 mi
Reason MountainNNE 17°1,141 m24.6 mi
Mine MountainNNE 26°1,108 m23.5 mi
Chiches 2SE 141°1,104 m24.1 mi
Mustang PeakNNE 28°1,096 m24.3 mi
Black MountainSE 141°1,089 m23.9 mi
Rocky ButteW 271°1,043 m24.8 mi
Cypress MountainWSW 257°894 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4819:4420:22
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:0916:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576369737470625347
Precip in2.72.52.40.60.30.00.10.00.10.60.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paso Robles Muni AP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1283065847

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