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Oregon Air and Space Museum

Oregon Air and Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
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Oregon Air and Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
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Oregon Air and Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
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Oregon Air and Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
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Oregon Air and Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
Tyrone Madera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Oregon Air and Space Museum, a museum in Oregon
Tyrone Madera · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Oregon Air and Space Museum is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Buck Mountain stands 962 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is State Street Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Over the Rivers and Through the Woods passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

The Oregon Air and Space Museum, located on the grounds of the Eugene Airport in Eugene, Oregon, holds a collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1991.

Wikidata Q7101034, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.11511, -123.21267
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • State Street Park: 2.0 mi
  • Golden Gardens Park: 2.1 mi
  • Bethel Community Park: 2.5 mi
  • Arrowhead Park: 2.7 mi
  • North Fern Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks
  • Crabtree Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Fir Butte: 3.1 mi
  • Oak Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Fisher Butte: 4.3 mi
  • Cantrell Hill: 4.5 mi
Artworks
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary: 3.2 mi
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary: 3.6 mi
  • Roxie: 5.0 mi
  • Neptune: 5.0 mi
  • Pluto: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Gardens: 21
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 13
Attractions: 6
  • Mim's House: 7.4 mi
  • Nicolas Cage balcony: 8.5 mi
  • Sarver Winery: 9.3 mi
  • Masterson Pioneer Cabin: 11.2 mi
  • Living History Village: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Climbing Columns: 7.0 mi
  • Lenon Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Franklin Perch: 9.2 mi
  • Spliff Cliff: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Waters of Mormon: 17.6 mi
  • Alsea Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Green Peak Falls: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Chicken Shack: 14.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Hull Spring: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Oregon Air and Space Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainENE 63°961.6 m12.6 mi
Mount TomENE 59°954 m13.1 mi
Bald MountainNE 52°881.5 m17.5 mi
Round MountainENE 62°852.2 m16.3 mi
Hells HillE 83°746 m20.0 mi
Spencer ButteSSE 147°629 m10.8 mi
Little Elk MountainW 278°617.83 m19.6 mi
Badger MountainWSW 253°553 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:3020:1621:00
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4615:5016:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347515661686863534641
Precip in6.14.74.63.32.51.20.30.41.43.26.07.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eugene-mahlon Sweet FLD, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/392719169

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