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Mid-Atlantic Air Museum

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Mid-Atlantic Air Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. The Pinnacle stands 498 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Felix Dam Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) is an aviation museum and aircraft restoration facility located at Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania. The museum, founded by Russ Strine, the current President, collects and actively restores historic war planes and classic airliners as well as rare civilian and military aircraft. Many of the museum's historic aircraft are often seen on the airshow circuit.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1980.

Wikidata Q6840621, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.38216, -75.96672
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Felix Dam Park: 0.7 mi
  • Laurel Run Park: 0.9 mi
  • Riverside Basin: 0.9 mi
  • Pioneer Grove: 0.9 mi
  • Stoudts Ferry Bridge Playground: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Seidels Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Mount Penn: 4.2 mi
  • Deer Path Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Irish Mountain: 4.8 mi
  • Slate Hill: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 59
Attractions: 40
  • Peace Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Twas the Night Before Christmas: 9.6 mi
  • Christmas in Other Lands: 9.6 mi
  • Ye Olde Church: 9.6 mi
  • Raggedy Ann's Ice Cream Shop: 9.6 mi
Museums: 38
Artworks: 20
  • Sculpture Plaza: 1.1 mi
  • Der Distelfink Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Lion Shrine: 1.7 mi
  • Pelicans: 3.8 mi
  • Sun Catcher: 3.8 mi
Gardens: 16
Picnic sites: 12
  • Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
  • White Oak Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Red Rock Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • Sunfish Pond Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Sweinhart Pavilion: 17.9 mi
Springs: 11
  • Mammoth Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Geiles Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Peters Creek Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Springs of Punches Run: 7.4 mi
  • Bethany Childrens Home Spring: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The PinnacleN 10°498 m16.2 mi
Pulpit RockN 7°467 m14.9 mi
Hemlock HeightsN 359°461 m17.0 mi
Owls HeadN 0°438 m16.8 mi
Eagle PeakWSW 255°396 m11.9 mi
Topton MountainENE 66°378 m16.3 mi
Mount PennSE 126°342 m4.2 mi
Church HillE 97°332 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3519:5720:38
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2415:5816:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342536372767467554536
Precip in3.02.63.53.43.54.84.84.54.93.83.03.5

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1293336701

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