Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum
Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sauget Village Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.9 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
hangar in Cahokia, Illinois, United States
Dates from 1928.
Wikidata Q130217021, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 3.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 3.1 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 3.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 3 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 13 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 14 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 2 · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sauget Village Park: 0.9 mi
- Cahokia Youth Footbal Park: 1.0 mi
- Cahokia Tricentennial Park: 1.3 mi
- Cahokia Park: 1.5 mi
- Jackie Joyner Park: 2.1 mi
- National Building Arts Center: 1.2 mi
- Holy Family Parish Hall & Museum: 1.4 mi
- The Field House Museum: 3.3 mi
- Museum at the Gateway Arch: 3.5 mi
- St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum: 3.5 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 1.2 mi
- The Capture of Camp Jackson: 2.7 mi
- Friedrich Hecker Monument: 3.4 mi
- Gateway Arch: 3.4 mi
- Phelim O'Toole: 3.5 mi
- Budweiser Brewery Experience: 3.1 mi
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours: 3.1 mi
- Gateway Arch Riverboats: 3.3 mi
- Lafayette Park House: 3.7 mi
- HMS Actaeon Guns: 3.8 mi
- Highway Mural: 3.1 mi
- Cherokee Station Shopping Area: 3.4 mi
- Treemonisha: 3.4 mi
- Jack Buck: 3.5 mi
- Stan Musial: 3.5 mi
- English Cave Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- McKinley Heights Garden: 3.6 mi
- Woodland Garden: 3.6 mi
- Play Garden: 3.6 mi
- Transgender Memorial Garden: 3.7 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 5.2 mi
- Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 8.8 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 10.7 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 13.4 mi
- Whispering Willow Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 5.6 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 5.6 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 5.6 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 5.7 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 4.6 mi
- Clarks Mound: 5.1 mi
- Oklahoma Hill: 6.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 7.2 mi
- Government Hill: 7.6 mi
- Falling Spring: 3.4 mi
- Headwaters: 4.7 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 5.9 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 7.1 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 9.6 mi
- Broadway: 5.8 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 16.0 mi
- Times Beach: 24.1 mi
- Machens: 24.2 mi
- Wilkie: 25.0 mi
- Wise Falls: 6.8 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 7.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 19.3 mi
- Beaver Falls: 23.8 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 23.9 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 13.9 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Stone Arch: 20.6 mi
- Gateway Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Hill | SW 230° | 247 m | 20.6 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 258° | 237 m | 21.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSW 199° | 218 m | 21.8 mi |
| Clarks Mound | E 88° | 196 m | 5.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ESE 117° | 185 m | 16.1 mi |
| Fox Hill | NE 44° | 182 m | 12.3 mi |
| Browns Mound | ENE 58° | 174 m | 16.6 mi |
| Berger Hill | E 84° | 171 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 37 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia ST Louis Dwtn AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/369026332
Day trips start here
- Cahokia · 1 mi
- East St. Louis · 3 mi
- St. Louis · 5 mi
- Fairmont City · 6 mi
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 8 mi
- Granite City · 9 mi
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