LeMay - America's Car Museum
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LeMay - America's Car Museum is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Indian Hill stands 167 m to the north, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Gertie's Ghost, a artwork 0.3 miles away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 6.2 miles off.
The story
LeMay - America's Car Museum is an automotive museum in the city of Tacoma, Washington, United States. Many of the cars on display were donated to the museum by the family of Harold LeMay. The museum is adjacent to the Tacoma Dome and opened on June 2, 2012.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2012-06-02.
Wikidata Q4742518, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH
- 10.5 mi off the JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 507 VIC ROY WYE
- 10.5 mi off the JCT SR 706 VIC ELBE TO JCT SR 507 VIC SPANAWAY
- 18.7 mi off the JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE
Overlooks nearby
- South Beach Drive Road End · 24 mi
- East Portal View · 25 mi
- Beck Road Public Road End · 26 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gertie's Ghost: 0.3 mi
- The Forest Phone at McKinley Park: 0.5 mi
- Echo: 0.7 mi
- Cascades: 0.7 mi
- Wisps: 0.7 mi
- Mini Sound transit Bus: 0.4 mi
- Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award - 2005 Tacoma-Olympia Section: 0.6 mi
- Swiss Complex: 0.7 mi
- The Goddess of Commerce: 1.6 mi
- Spanish Cannon: 1.8 mi
- McKinley Park: 0.4 mi
- George H. Weyerhaeuser Jr. Park: 0.5 mi
- Don Pugnetti Park: 0.6 mi
- Rogers Playfield: 0.8 mi
- Edna Travis Park: 0.8 mi
- Washington State History Museum: 0.7 mi
- Museum of Glass: 0.7 mi
- Museum of Glass: 0.7 mi
- Tacoma Art Museum: 0.8 mi
- Children's Museum of Tacoma: 1.0 mi
- Trung Nguyen Billard: 1.1 mi
- Uncorked Canvas: 1.2 mi
- Tacoma RC Raceway: 3.0 mi
- The Eagles Nest: 5.0 mi
- Point Ruston: 5.2 mi
- Hilltop Urban Garden (H.U.G. Farm): 1.3 mi
- Evergreen Tacoma Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Stewart Middle School Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Swan Creek Park Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Lisa's Garden: 2.1 mi
- Gog-Le-Hi-Te Wetlands Public Access Site: 1.4 mi
- Tacoma Nature Center: 2.9 mi
- Alexander Avenue Wetland: 3.1 mi
- Parks Tacoma Headquarters: 3.3 mi
- Puget Creek Natural Area: 3.8 mi
- Indian Hill: 4.8 mi
- Porter Hills: 7.8 mi
- Westcott Hills: 8.7 mi
- Gravel Pit Peak: 8.9 mi
- Kinbee Hill: 8.9 mi
- Titlow Beach: 5.8 mi
- Salmon Beach: 6.0 mi
- Dash Point State Park Beach: 6.0 mi
- Owen Beach: 7.0 mi
- South Beach: 7.8 mi
- Kiwanis Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Main Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Shelter 2: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Red Wolf Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 4.8 mi
- Generator Building: 4.9 mi
- Browns Point Lighthouse: 4.9 mi
- Boat House: 4.9 mi
- Oil House: 4.9 mi
- Fourth Infantry Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Thirtieth Infantry Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Sixth Engineer Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Tenth Field Artillery Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Eighteenth Infantry Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Maplewood Spring: 6.8 mi
- Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 7.5 mi
- Garrison Springs: 7.6 mi
- Ellison Spring: 10.3 mi
- Clear Creek Springs: 18.2 mi
- Victor Falls: 13.0 mi
- Nisqually Falls: 20.4 mi
- Far Country Falls: 24.2 mi
- Doughty Falls: 24.7 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of LeMay - America's Car Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hill | N 10° | 167 m | 4.8 mi |
| Kelly Hill | SSW 213° | 140 m | 14.6 mi |
| Eastman Hill | SSW 197° | 132 m | 13.2 mi |
| Woodward Hill | SSW 210° | 132 m | 14.9 mi |
| Folsom Hill | SSW 196° | 130 m | 13.2 mi |
| Swift Hill | SSW 213° | 130 m | 14.5 mi |
| Beal Hill | SW 220° | 128 m | 14.3 mi |
| Berger Hill | SSW 200° | 127 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:42 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:22 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:30 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma #1, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/242554712
Day trips start here
- Tacoma · 1 mi
- Fife · 3 mi
- South Sound · 5 mi
- Federal Way · 7 mi
- Puyallup · 8 mi
- Steilacoom · 9 mi
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