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Lyon Air Museum

Lyon Air Museum, a museum in California
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Lyon Air Museum, a museum in California
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Lyon Air Museum, a museum in California
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Lyon Air Museum, a museum in California
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Lyon Air Museum, a museum in California
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Lyon Air Museum, a museum in California
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Lyon Air Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Welcome Home, a artwork 0.5 miles away. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Lyon Air Museum is an aerospace museum located on the west side of the John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, United States. The museum features military aircraft, rare automobiles, military vehicles and motorcycles, and related memorabilia, with an emphasis on World War II.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2009.

Wikidata Q16981554, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
7.62 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.67365, -117.87312
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Welcome Home: 0.5 mi
  • The Vi Smith Concourse Gallery: 0.9 mi
  • Desert Land: 1.2 mi
  • Water Source: 1.2 mi
  • Water Use: 1.2 mi
Parks
Attractions
  • Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center: 1.6 mi
  • Jumping Jester: 2.2 mi
  • King’s Carousel: 2.2 mi
  • Go Karts: 2.2 mi
  • Ye Rockin’ Tug: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Table Of Dignity: 1.7 mi
  • Agricultural Workers Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Bowling Green Park: 1.8 mi
  • Sunny Adrienne Sudweeks: 2.2 mi
  • Dr. Jack B. Holland: 2.2 mi
Gardens
Museums: 59
Peaks: 43
Nature reserves: 28
Beaches: 23
Springs: 23
Picnic sites: 15
  • Calit2 Patio: 2.8 mi
  • Sunset View Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Falcon Flats Group Area: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Bear Claw Fall: 9.6 mi
  • Washout Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Historic Dam: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lyon Air Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakE 82°1,734 m19.6 mi
Modjeska PeakE 80°1,675 m19.2 mi
Trabuco PeakE 85°1,401 m23.0 mi
Los Pinos PeakE 91°1,373 m23.1 mi
Horsethief PeakE 88°1,315 m23.9 mi
Pleasants PeakENE 61°1,211 m17.5 mi
Bald PeakENE 74°1,197 m20.2 mi
Bedford PeakENE 69°1,161 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5316:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585860636568737473686357
Precip in2.62.61.60.50.30.00.00.00.10.50.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa ANA John Wayne AP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/369913206

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