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Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, a museum in OregonBurley Packwood · CC BY-SA 4.0
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
Burley Packwood · CC BY-SA 4.0
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
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Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
Valder137 · CC BY 2.0
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
Valder137 · CC BY 2.0
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
Valder137 · CC BY 2.0

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Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Trask Mountain stands 1,040 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Wings & Waves Water Park, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Silver Falls passes 13 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The North American Aerospace Museum is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit, aviation museum in McMinnville, Oregon. Its exhibits include the Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) and more than 150 military and civilian aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), and spacecraft. The museum complex includes three main buildings: the original aviation exhibit hall (formerly called West Pavilion, now called Hercules Pavilion), a large screen digital theater, and a second exhibit hall (formerly called East Pavilion, now called Titan Pavilion). The museum is located across Oregon Route 18 from the McMinnville Municipal Airport (KMMV).

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1991.

Wikidata Q490825, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.20400, -123.14365
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Galen McBee Airport Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kingwood Mini Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bend O River Mini Park: 1.2 mi
  • Joe Dancer Park: 1.6 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 59
  • Walnut Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Alecs Butte: 8.3 mi
  • Eagle Point: 9.3 mi
  • Crescent Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Froud Hill: 10.4 mi
Historic sites: 45
  • Old Kinney Mill Millstone: 2.8 mi
  • WPA Stairs: 2.9 mi
  • Ewing Young Oak: 9.6 mi
  • The Willamette Mission: 9.6 mi
  • Champoeg Monument: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 44
  • Firefox Crop Circle: 5.7 mi
  • Bigfoot: 17.7 mi
  • Acorn Statue: 18.1 mi
  • Hamish: 18.3 mi
  • Statue of Gentle Ben: 18.4 mi
Museums: 31
Gardens: 27
  • Learning Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Millage Memorial Rose Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Ellen Lane Community Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Whittam Community Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 19.2 mi
Attractions: 10
Ghost towns: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • Filbert Grove Day-Use Area: 9.4 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area B: 9.7 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area A: 9.8 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 16.9 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 3
  • Oliver Spring: 13.1 mi
  • La Toutena Mary Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Trask MountainNW 307°1,040 m19.1 mi
Sheridan PeakWNW 290°942 m15.8 mi
Bald MountainWNW 289°932 m16.2 mi
Gobblers KnobNW 314°932 m23.5 mi
Windy PointNW 326°880 m23.5 mi
Dovre PeakWNW 293°864 m19.4 mi
Ginsberg PointNW 309°822 m22.4 mi
Snap PointWNW 301°760 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2620:1921:04
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4915:4416:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414346505661676863534541
Precip in5.54.14.23.02.01.30.20.41.33.55.76.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/934157034

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