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Oakland Aviation Museum

Oakland Aviation Museum, a museum in California
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Oakland Aviation Museum, a museum in California
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Oakland Aviation Museum, a museum in California
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Oakland Aviation Museum, a museum in California
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Oakland Aviation Museum, a museum in California
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Oakland Aviation Museum, a museum in California
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Oakland Aviation Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Watermelon Rock, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

Oakland Aviation Museum, formerly called Western Aerospace Museum, in an aviation museum located at North Field of Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport in Oakland, California. It has over 30 vintage and modern airplanes, both civilian and military, and other displays that highlight noted aviators and innovators.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7073969, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.73311, -122.21262
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Watermelon Rock: 0.1 mi
  • Duplex Cone: 0.6 mi
  • Rising Wave: 2.2 mi
  • White Elephant Mural: 2.8 mi
  • Truth Is Beauty: 2.9 mi
Attractions
  • San Francisco Air Tours: 0.2 mi
  • Christmas Tree Lane: 2.0 mi
  • Alameda Spite House: 2.5 mi
  • Bat Exhibit: 3.7 mi
  • Emu: 3.7 mi
Parks
Picnic sites
  • Rail: 0.4 mi
  • Blue Heron: 0.5 mi
  • Egret: 0.5 mi
  • Bufflehead: 0.5 mi
  • Pelican: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
  • Shellmound: 2.0 mi
  • High Street Center: 2.2 mi
  • Pine Top: 3.9 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Pill Hill: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches: 54
Springs: 24
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 7
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 18.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Oakland Aviation Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2NE 56°617 m10.0 mi
Vollmer PeakN 357°581 m10.4 mi
Wiedemann HillE 88°565 m11.9 mi
Las Trampas PeakNE 49°557 m10.6 mi
Vail PeakNE 54°545 m10.8 mi
Chaparral PeakN 357°540 m10.0 mi
Round TopN 8°531 m8.2 mi
Grizzly PeakN 354°531 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2116:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505355576063646565615550
Precip in3.43.52.71.40.60.20.00.00.10.92.03.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1293222528

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