Olympic Flight Museum
Olympic Flight Museum is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Flash Mountain stands 909 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Capital Little League Baseball Fields, a park 0.7 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
The Olympic Flight Museum is an aviation museum at the Olympia Airport in Olympia, Washington, USA. The museum has more than 10 vintage planes and helicopters on display, most of which are in airworthy condition. The museum also hosts the annual Olympic Air Show in June, featuring a selection of heritage and current military aircraft demonstrations. The museum is operated by a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization by the same name.
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Dates from 1998.
Wikidata Q3309203, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA
- 7.7 mi off the JCT SR 12 VIC ELMA TO JCT SR 101 VIC TUMWATER
- 17.0 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC SHELTON TO JCT SR 104 VIC PORT GAMBEL
- 22.1 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC RAYMOND TO JCT SR 5 VIC CHEHALIS
Overlooks nearby
- Peek-a-Boo Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Capital Little League Baseball Fields: 0.7 mi
- Bush Prairie Bowl Park: 0.7 mi
- Bridlewood Park: 0.9 mi
- George Washington Bush - Historic Park: 1.1 mi
- Pioneer Park: 1.4 mi
- Lemon Hill: 8.3 mi
- Mount Molly: 9.2 mi
- Blumauer Hill: 10.2 mi
- Rock Candy Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Little Larch Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Deschutes No. 3 Fishway: 2.7 mi
- Chambers Blockhouse Marker: 3.7 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Capitol Steps: 4.2 mi
- Kids Playing: 0.7 mi
- Mare and Colt: 0.7 mi
- Frog Pond Fountain: 0.7 mi
- Attitude Adjustment: 0.8 mi
- Mark Twain statue: 0.8 mi
- Henderson House Museum: 3.0 mi
- Crosby House Museum: 3.1 mi
- Puget Sound Estuarium: 4.8 mi
- Olympia Aha Heritage Alliance Museum: 4.8 mi
- Hands On Children's Museum: 5.0 mi
- Fairie Perennial & Herb Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 3.6 mi
- Capitol Sunken Garden: 4.2 mi
- Yashiro Japanese Garden: 4.5 mi
- Panorama Resident Gardens: 5.1 mi
- Carnival Grounds: 6.0 mi
- Food Court Stage: 6.1 mi
- Andrews Arena: 6.1 mi
- Ocean City Ferry: 14.3 mi
- Vehicle Park: 15.7 mi
- Black Lake Meadows: 4.2 mi
- Lake Lois Habitat Reserve: 6.5 mi
- Deschutes Prairie Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Deschutes Prairie Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Violet Prairie-Scatter Creek Preserve: 10.7 mi
- The Arbors Private Beach: 6.4 mi
- Countryside Beach: 10.0 mi
- Joemma Beach: 17.7 mi
- Palmer Lake "Sunny side": 18.6 mi
- Palmer Lake "Shady side": 18.8 mi
- Thirty-eight Infantry Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Seven-infantry Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Eighteenth Infantry Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Tenth Field Artillery Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Stewart Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 8.6 mi
- McAllister Springs: 9.0 mi
- Clear Creek Springs: 11.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.1 mi
- Ellison Spring: 20.0 mi
- Mima Falls: 10.0 mi
- Kennedy Falls: 12.9 mi
- Nisqually Falls: 13.5 mi
- Bloody Falls: 15.3 mi
- Porter Falls: 17.4 mi
- Maytown Rest Area: 8.0 mi
- Scatter Creek Rest Area: 10.5 mi
- Elma Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Environmental Study Area: 11.3 mi
- Picnic Point: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Olympic Flight Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Mountain | W 275° | 909 m | 11.0 mi |
| Capitol Peak | W 269° | 787 m | 11.3 mi |
| Larch Mountain | W 274° | 774 m | 11.3 mi |
| Rock Candy Mountain | WNW 283° | 701 m | 10.3 mi |
| Baumgard Hill | SE 135° | 536 m | 13.9 mi |
| Fuzzy Top | WSW 259° | 462 m | 12.9 mi |
| Crawford Mountain | SE 146° | 453 m | 11.1 mi |
| Northcraft Mountain | SSE 157° | 429 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:44 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:23 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:34 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 50 | 43 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olympia AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Tumwater · 2 mi
- Olympia · 5 mi
- Lacey · 6 mi
- Anderson Island · 15 mi
- Longbranch · 17 mi
- Centralia · 18 mi
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