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Hickory Aviation Museum

Hickory Aviation Museum from directly overhead

Hickory Aviation Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 354 m. Dogwood Stamp Mountain stands 771 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Long View Recreation Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Upper Yadkin Way passes 19 miles off.

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Hickory Aviation Museum is an aviation museum at the Hickory Regional Airport in Hickory, North Carolina. It features a museum located in the former airport terminal with artifacts, a hangar with aircraft and outdoor exhibits of aircraft on the former airport ramp.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2007-05-19.

Wikidata Q14707965, matched on coordinates and name (322 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates35.74203, -81.38957
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Long View Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
  • Winkler Park: 0.7 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 1.5 mi
  • West Hickory Park: 1.6 mi
  • Geitner Rotary Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 20
  • Granite Falls: 4.2 mi
  • McGalliard Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Little River Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Big Bear Falls: 16.9 mi
  • High Shoals Falls: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 19
Museums: 19
  • Harper House/Hickory History Center: 3.0 mi
  • Catawba Science Center: 3.1 mi
  • Arts & Science Center: 3.1 mi
  • Granite Falls History: 4.3 mi
  • Catawba County Firefighter’s Museum: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 11
Nature reserves: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Lake Hickory Attractions: 3.1 mi
  • Caldwell County Fairgrounds: 10.8 mi
  • Balls Creek Campground: 18.1 mi
  • Home of General William Lenoir: 19.9 mi
  • House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Observation Deck: 5.7 mi
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Westbound MM 136: 14.7 mi
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Eastbound MM 136: 14.8 mi
Gardens: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Peninsula: 9.1 mi
  • Fox Den: 9.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Hickory Aviation Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dogwood Stamp MountainSW 232°771 m17.6 mi
Hickory KnobN 11°769 m17.9 mi
Cox KnobN 6°728 m16.5 mi
Moses KnobNNW 343°698 m18.3 mi
Chestnut KnobWSW 237°695 m16.7 mi
High RockSW 227°677 m17.9 mi
Hibriten MountainNNW 334°674 m12.7 mi
Little Cedar MountainWSW 250°656 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0419:38
June solstice06:1120:0820:46
September equinox07:1418:5019:24
December solstice07:3216:3717:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350596774787670604942
Precip in3.83.24.14.13.94.44.34.63.93.53.63.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3053002030

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