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Grissom Air Museum

Grissom Air Museum is a museum in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Morgan Hill stands 205 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is McDonnell F-101B Voodoo, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

The Grissom Air Museum is a military aviation museum near Grissom Air Reserve Base Peru, Indiana with over twenty aircraft on display.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1981.

Wikidata Q5609661, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.66890, -86.13058

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Lincoln Park: 1.4 mi
  • Shaw Street Park: 1.5 mi
  • Bunker Hill Park: 1.9 mi
  • Walton Park and Sports Complex: 5.7 mi
  • Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
Historic sites: 34
Artworks: 28
  • Yellow Chair: 1.7 mi
  • Turtle Sundae: 7.4 mi
  • Excelerator: 12.5 mi
  • Willie the Whale: 12.8 mi
  • Willard the Bicentennial Bison: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Museums: 12
Attractions: 11
Gardens: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Peaks: 1
  • Morgan Hill: 11.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • France Park Beach: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morgan HillWNW 290°205 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2119:57
June solstice06:1420:3821:20
September equinox07:3319:0719:43
December solstice08:0616:3717:21

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242838496170727164534030
Precip in2.52.32.63.63.95.25.14.03.43.13.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Young America, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1141808514

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