Hagerstown Aviation Museum

Hagerstown Aviation Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 212 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is State Line Ruritan Club, a park 1.0 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
The Hagerstown Aviation Museum is an aviation museum at the Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland. It is focused on the history of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q105226993, matched on coordinates and name (69 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 8.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 14.3 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 17.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 16 mi
- Georgians Overlook · 18 mi
- White Rocks · 19 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- State Line Ruritan Club: 1.0 mi
- Lehmans Mill Historic District: 2.6 mi
- Terrapin Park: 2.7 mi
- Hamilton Playground: 2.8 mi
- Longmeadows Park: 3.2 mi
- Jacobs Church: 5.6 mi
- Doubleday Hill Monument: 9.1 mi
- Black Rock Hotel: 11.5 mi
- Mason Dixon Line monument: 11.6 mi
- Valley View Manor: 14.5 mi
- Kasies Knob: 10.3 mi
- Powell Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Round Top: 10.3 mi
- Buzzard Knob: 10.4 mi
- Rickard Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Discovery Station: 4.4 mi
- Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum: 4.4 mi
- Jonathan Hager House and Museum: 4.6 mi
- Washington County Museum of Fine Arts: 4.8 mi
- Mansion House Art Center: 4.9 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 4.5 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 4.5 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 4.7 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 4.8 mi
- Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 4.8 mi
- Tayamentasachta Spring: 5.0 mi
- Moss Spring: 5.9 mi
- Oak Spring: 6.7 mi
- Cold Springs: 7.4 mi
- Raven Rock Spring: 10.9 mi
- Sweeney, Carl and Rebecca Conservation: 4.3 mi
- A.M. Powell Hatchery Fish Management Area: 9.3 mi
- Conservation Easement East of Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Boyd Mountain Pond Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 13.2 mi
- Yankauer Nature Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 2.3 mi
- 42 West: 8.5 mi
- Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 13.4 mi
- Founding Father's Memorial Statue: 16.4 mi
- St. Francis: 19.7 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 19.9 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Dargan Bend: 23.7 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 10.5 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 13.9 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 14.1 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
- Clermont Crag: 12.9 mi
- The Lockings: 18.4 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 22.0 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 14.5 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 17.8 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 21.8 mi
- Four Square Garden: 13.3 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 13.5 mi
- Tartown: 16.5 mi
- Harmony Grove: 24.6 mi
- Beach Front: 11.9 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Hagerstown Aviation Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | E 93° | 654 m | 11.3 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | NE 54° | 637 m | 15.1 mi |
| Cross Mountain | W 276° | 627 m | 14.2 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | W 272° | 616 m | 13.1 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | ENE 60° | 593 m | 15.6 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | ESE 106° | 572 m | 14.4 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NE 47° | 570 m | 15.8 mi |
| Salamander Rock | SE 125° | 562 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:02 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerstown Rgnl AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1290138780
Day trips start here
- Hagerstown · 4 mi
- Washington County · 9 mi
- Mercersburg · 13 mi
- Boonsboro · 14 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 14 mi
- Chambersburg · 16 mi
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