Hill Aerospace Museum
Hill Aerospace Museum is a museum in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,405 m. Willard Peak stands 2,976 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Medal of Honor Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Ogden River Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off.
The story
Hill Aerospace Museum is a military aviation museum located at Hill Air Force Base in Roy, Utah. It is dedicated to the history of the base and aviation in Utah.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1981.
Wikidata Q5762036, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1405 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Ogden River Scenic Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 19.5 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Municipal Park: 0.8 mi
- Golden Spike Park: 0.9 mi
- John G. White Memorial North Park: 1.0 mi
- White Park: 1.0 mi
- Frank Tremea Roy Park: 1.2 mi
- Malans Peak: 6.1 mi
- Strongs Peak: 6.5 mi
- Taylor Peak: 7.5 mi
- Mount Ogden: 7.6 mi
- Allen Peak: 7.6 mi
- Medal of Honor Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Ployer P. Hill Memorial: 0.0 mi
- 5th Air Force Memorial: 0.0 mi
- 384th Bomb Group Memorial: 0.0 mi
- 8th Air Force Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Utah Aviation Hall of Fame: 0.1 mi
- Roy Heritage Museum: 0.1 mi
- Utah State Railroad Museum: 4.6 mi
- John M. Browning Firearms Museum: 4.6 mi
- The Browning – Kimball Classic Car Museum: 4.6 mi
- Ogden Hot Spring: 7.1 mi
- Hooper Hot Springs: 8.3 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 8.9 mi
- Bear Spring: 9.2 mi
- Willow Spring: 9.4 mi
- Fernwood Recreation Site: 7.9 mi
- Village Green: 14.0 mi
- Doug Shaw Memorial Bowery: 14.4 mi
- Spring Creek Day Use Area: 14.7 mi
- Moose Hollow Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Fat Cats: 2.8 mi
- Fort Buenaventura: 4.0 mi
- Tepanyaki: 4.8 mi
- The W: 5.2 mi
- Classic Fun Center: 6.3 mi
- Wildcat Statue: 4.2 mi
- Louis Frederick Moench Statue: 4.4 mi
- Music Scuplture: 4.5 mi
- Eccles Community Art Center: 4.9 mi
- OMGS Bus: 9.9 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 12.4 mi
- Cemetery Point Beach: 13.3 mi
- Camera Flats: 13.4 mi
- Anderson Cove Beach: 13.8 mi
- Middle Inlet Beach: 14.6 mi
- Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area: 7.1 mi
- Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 16.5 mi
- Ogden Botanical Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Asian Garden: 6.2 mi
- Rasmussen Teaching Garden: 10.6 mi
- Bountiful Temple Underground Garden: 21.2 mi
- Ninth Street Crag: 7.6 mi
- Inspiration Point: 16.0 mi
- Black Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Cambria Point: 19.1 mi
- Adams Canyon Lower Falls: 9.0 mi
- Adams Canyon Waterfall: 9.5 mi
- Promontory Point: 20.8 mi
- Saline: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Hill Aerospace Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Peak | N 9° | 2,976 m | 15.5 mi |
| Ben Lomond | NNE 12° | 2,960 m | 14.3 mi |
| Thurston Peak | ESE 122° | 2,954 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Ogden | ENE 69° | 2,917 m | 7.6 mi |
| Francis Peak | SE 133° | 2,904 m | 12.9 mi |
| Snow Horse Ridge | SE 127° | 2,893 m | 11.2 mi |
| Allen Peak | ENE 67° | 2,885 m | 7.6 mi |
| James Peak | NE 36° | 2,869 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:23 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:19 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 76 | 65 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ogden Hinkley AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1289554616
Day trips start here
- Ogden · 5 mi
- Salt Lake City · 29 mi
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