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MAPS Air Museum, a museum in Ohio
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MAPS Air Museum, a museum in Ohio
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MAPS Air Museum, a museum in Ohio
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MAPS Air Museum is a museum in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 367 m. Stark County High Point stands 413 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Boettler Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 6.2 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The MAPS Air Museum is an aviation museum in North Canton, Ohio, United States. Run by the Military Aviation Preservation Society, it is located off SR241 on the west side of the Akron-Canton Regional Airport. The museum holds more than 50 aircraft, most on loan from the U.S. Air Force or Navy for restoration. It also has two aircraft from the Goodyear Rubber Company.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1991.

Wikidata Q14716650, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.91751, -81.45512

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Boettler Park: 0.6 mi
  • South Gate Park: 0.8 mi
  • Green Youth Complex: 0.8 mi
  • Greensburg Park: 0.9 mi
  • Frederick J. Krum Aviation Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 45
  • Lakemore Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • D&N Kids Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Quail Hollow Herb Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Garden #4: 9.8 mi
  • Garden #5: 10.3 mi
Museums: 42
Attractions: 25
Nature reserves: 22
Peaks: 11
  • Serpentine Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Bacon Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Sherbondy Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Coal Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Sponsellers Hill: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • Hidden Crystal Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Mud Brook Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Tip Top Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Blue Hen Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 3
Springs: 2
  • Indian Spring: 14.6 mi
  • White Oak Spring: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stark County High PointESE 115°413 m17.6 mi
Sponsellers HillSSE 148°385 m13.7 mi
Bacon HillNE 55°371 m10.4 mi
Acme HillWNW 293°369 m19.5 mi
Coal HillN 356°366 m12.5 mi
Weimers HillSSW 206°353 m19.4 mi
Sherbondy HillNNW 334°348 m11.6 mi
Reeds HillNW 323°347 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:38
June solstice05:5520:2021:02
September equinox07:1418:4919:25
December solstice07:4816:1817:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283039516170747265544333
Precip in2.92.43.23.94.14.44.13.63.53.33.12.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Akron Canton AP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1289237132

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