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Hiller Aviation Museum

Hiller Aviation Museum, a museum in California
Hiller Aviation Museum, a museum in CaliforniaBrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hiller Aviation Museum, a museum in California
BrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hiller Aviation Museum, a museum in California
BrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hiller Aviation Museum, a museum in California
BrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hiller Aviation Museum, a museum in California
Bill Larkins · CC BY-SA 2.0
Hiller Aviation Museum, a museum in California
BrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Hiller Aviation Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Black Mountain stands 849 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Laureola Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

About

The story

The Hiller Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located at the San Carlos Airport in San Carlos, California, focused on Northern California aviation history, Hiller Aircraft and helicopter history.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1998-06.

Wikidata Q3313374, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.51261, -122.25308
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Laureola Park: 0.4 mi
  • Frank D. Harrington Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rosek Park: 0.8 mi
  • Dolphin Park: 0.9 mi
  • Mariner Park: 0.9 mi
Museums
Peaks
Picnic sites
Historic sites
  • El Camino Real: 1.4 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 1.6 mi
  • Sequoia Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • City Trees: 2.1 mi
  • First Train: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Public Bocce Court: 1.8 mi
  • Kite Surfing Windsock: 4.6 mi
  • Historic Railroad Station: 5.6 mi
  • El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 6.4 mi
  • Tower Well structure (historic): 6.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches: 47
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 11
  • Summit Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Summit Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Spring source: 14.7 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 19.9 mi
  • McClure Spring: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Aramai Point: 15.0 mi
  • Chab: 16.6 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 19.1 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 21.6 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Hiller Aviation Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainSSE 157°849 m14.7 mi
Turtle RockSSE 161°812 m17.8 mi
Borel HillSSE 168°766 m13.6 mi
Morena SierraSSW 203°731 m7.7 mi
Allen LookoutSSW 195°708 m9.0 mi
Skeggs PointSSW 202°703 m7.6 mi
Langley HillS 176°677 m12.6 mi
Mount MelvilleS 171°672 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505255586266696967625449
Precip in3.83.63.01.10.50.20.00.00.10.91.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redwood City, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/131057214

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