Museum · California
Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum
Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Kings Mountain stands 637 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Shell, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Coordinates37.61453, -122.38811
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Shell: 0.0 mi
- Intersection: 0.1 mi
- Bird Plane House: 0.1 mi
- Anemone: 0.1 mi
- High Heels for Going to Heaven: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
- Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame: 0.3 mi
- Morris "Mo" Bernstein: 0.3 mi
- Boarding Area E: 0.3 mi
- Tom Lantos: 0.4 mi
- Officer David J. Chetcuti: 0.9 mi
Parks
- Marina Vista Park: 0.4 mi
- Bayside Park: 0.7 mi
- Green Hills Park: 0.9 mi
- Bayfront Park: 0.9 mi
- Alexandria Center for Life Science Entrance Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
- Millbrae Museum: 1.0 mi
- Burlingame Hillsborough History Museum: 3.3 mi
- CuriOdyssey: 4.1 mi
- Pacifica Coastside Museum: 5.8 mi
- Colma Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
Gardens
- Burlingame Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Brisbane Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Japanese Gardens: 5.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- Beresford Community Garden: 6.7 mi
Peaks
- Point San Bruno: 2.7 mi
- Cattle Hill: 5.1 mi
- Black Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Icehouse Hill: 5.4 mi
- San Bruno Mountain Summit: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves
- San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 3.0 mi
- Spencer Lake Open Space: 3.1 mi
- Strawberry Hill Open Space: 3.2 mi
- Spencer Lake Open Space: 3.2 mi
- Nueva/Macadamia Open Space: 3.4 mi
Beaches
- Aardvark Beach: 3.5 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 3.8 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 6.0 mi
- Pacifica State Beach: 6.3 mi
- San Pedro Beach: 6.4 mi
Attractions
- SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO THE INDUSTRIAL CITY: 3.8 mi
- Kite Surfing Windsock: 6.3 mi
- Lover's Rock: 7.2 mi
- Philosopher's Hill and Labyrinth: 7.5 mi
- Hidden Bridge: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites
- Creekside Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- San Pedro Valley County Park Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Redwood Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Buckeye Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Meadow Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
Springs: 12
- El Polín Spring: 12.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.9 mi
- Summit Spring: 13.8 mi
- Summit Spring: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Aramai Point: 6.2 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Chab: 16.3 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 20.9 mi
- Vent 5: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 7.5 mi
- Huntington Falls: 11.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.9 mi
- Kent Falls: 21.4 mi
- Dawn Falls: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Stokes Landing: 13.3 mi
- Russell City: 14.2 mi
- Purissima: 14.7 mi
- Lynn: 15.4 mi
- Winehaven: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 13.4 mi
- Quarters A: 13.4 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 15.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 16.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Mountain | SSE 164° | 637 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 172° | 637 m | 13.3 mi |
| Scarper Peak | SSW 200° | 592.5 m | 6.3 mi |
| Montara Mountain North Peak | SW 233° | 570 m | 6.1 mi |
| Peak Mountain | SW 235° | 545 m | 6.4 mi |
| South Peak | SW 231° | 545 m | 6.4 mi |
| Ox Hill | SSW 198° | 542 m | 6.5 mi |
| Montara Knob | SW 233° | 487 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Intl AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
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