Michigan Flight Museum
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Michigan Flight Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 214 m. Peach Mountain stands 313 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Roush Aeronautics Center, a museum 0.5 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 20 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Michigan Flight Museum, formerly known as the Yankee Air Museum, is an aviation museum located at Willow Run Airport, and in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. The museum has a small fleet of flying aircraft and a collection of static display aircraft outdoors.
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Dates from 1981.
Wikidata Q8048727, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
- 23.9 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Roush Aeronautics Center: 0.5 mi
- Belleville Area Museum: 2.3 mi
- Canton Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
- Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum: 5.1 mi
- Ypsilanti Historical Museum: 5.4 mi
- Beck Fields: 0.8 mi
- Quirk Park: 1.0 mi
- Heraty Park: 1.3 mi
- Harris Park: 1.4 mi
- Harbour Club Dog Park: 1.7 mi
- Heritage Oaks Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Meyer Preserve West: 6.1 mi
- Meyer Preserve East: 6.1 mi
- Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Old Rawsonville Village Historical Marker: 2.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Marine Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Woodruff’s Grove: 4.8 mi
- Michigan’s Interurbans: 5.0 mi
- Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 3.6 mi
- MTB Skinny: 3.6 mi
- Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill: 7.3 mi
- Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 7.9 mi
- Pirate Ship: 7.9 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 5.5 mi
- Triangle Stack: 6.5 mi
- Homage To Davinci And Ironwork: 6.5 mi
- Sacred Heart Statue: 7.7 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 7.8 mi
- Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Cultivate Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Frog Island Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.0 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Big Bend Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Martindale Beach: 21.0 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.3 mi
- Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 21.4 mi
- Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 21.5 mi
- Maple Beach: 21.5 mi
- Halsted Hill: 18.9 mi
- Mt Tom: 22.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 22.6 mi
- Peach Mountain: 24.1 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 24.4 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 1.4 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 14.7 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 15.6 mi
- Rawsonville: 2.8 mi
- The Bluffs: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Michigan Flight Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Mountain | WNW 298° | 313 m | 24.1 mi |
| Halsted Hill | NNE 14° | 297 m | 18.9 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 287° | 287 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mt Tom | NNE 29° | 257 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:20 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Willow RUN AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Carleton · 14 mi
- Maybee · 16 mi
- Monroe County · 22 mi
- Monroe · 23 mi
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