Museum of Flying
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Museum of Flying is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Spirit of Santa Monica, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 12 miles off.
The story
The Museum of Flying is a private non-profit aerospace museum in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in 1974, closed in 2002, and reopened in 2012 in a new facility. The Museum exhibits the history of aviation, focusing on aviation history, with an emphasis on Donald Douglas and the Douglas Aircraft Company, in Southern California.
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Wikidata Q6940862, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spirit of Santa Monica: 0.0 mi
- Jeanne French's Car: 2.0 mi
- Abbot Kinney Boulevard: 2.0 mi
- Main Street: 2.2 mi
- Historic end of Route 66: 2.2 mi
- Douglas DC-3 Monument: 0.0 mi
- Clover Field: 0.1 mi
- Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument: 1.5 mi
- Sara Berman Greenway: 1.9 mi
- Bodega: 2.4 mi
- Donald Wills Douglas and his dog Wunderbar “Bar”: 0.0 mi
- Pico Santa Monica: 1.0 mi
- Children's Mural: 1.2 mi
- History of Pico Neighborhood: 1.2 mi
- Mar Vista: 1.2 mi
- Main Building: 0.0 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs Cultural Center and Museum: 2.2 mi
- Santa Monica Museum of Art: 2.3 mi
- California Heritage Museum: 2.3 mi
- Wende Museum of the Cold War: 2.5 mi
- Airport Avenue Demonstration Gardens: 0.0 mi
- Ishihara Park Learning Garden: 1.2 mi
- Marine Park Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Organic Learning Garden: 1.3 mi
- Will Rogers Elementary Regenerative Farm: 1.3 mi
- Airport Park: 0.2 mi
- Clover Park: 0.5 mi
- Penmar Recreation Center: 0.8 mi
- Ashland Park: 1.1 mi
- Mar Vista Recreation Center: 1.1 mi
- Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve: 2.8 mi
- Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve: 3.5 mi
- Will Rogers State Historic Park: 4.6 mi
- George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon: 4.7 mi
- LAX El Segundo Dunes Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 3.8 mi
- Goat Peak (High Point): 6.3 mi
- Castellammare Mesa: 6.7 mi
- Parker Mesa: 7.5 mi
- Green Peak: 7.6 mi
- Common Grounds: 3.2 mi
- Lake Side: 4.4 mi
- Blue Lagoon: 4.5 mi
- Garden Grove: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Central: 4.6 mi
- Mother's Beach: 2.4 mi
- Palisades Beach: 3.8 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 6.2 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 6.9 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 7.3 mi
- Temescal Falls: 6.3 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 8.7 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 19.1 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 19.1 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 21.6 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 2.2 mi
- Eagle Spring: 9.3 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 10.4 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 18.2 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 20.4 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 14.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.1 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 21.7 mi
- Spa Palace: 10.6 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 23.1 mi
- Coba Arch: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Museum of Flying. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdugo Peak | NE 35° | 951.6 m | 16.8 mi |
| Castro Peak | WNW 284° | 855 m | 20.0 mi |
| Saddle Peak | WNW 290° | 851 m | 12.7 mi |
| Tongva Peak | NE 41° | 803 m | 16.6 mi |
| Chatsworth Peak | NNW 326° | 692 m | 20.1 mi |
| Calabasas Peak | WNW 300° | 657 m | 13.5 mi |
| Temescal Peak | NW 315° | 648 m | 8.6 mi |
| McAuley Peak | WNW 284° | 625 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
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 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 66 | 61 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Muni AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Santa Monica · 2 mi
- Culver City · 3 mi
- Los Angeles/West · 4 mi
- Beverly Hills · 5 mi
- Pacific Palisades · 5 mi
- Westchester · 5 mi
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