Patuxent River Naval Air Museum
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Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Pantico Hill stands 52 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Nicolet Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is a museum at Lexington Park, Maryland, first opened in 1978, which preserves and interprets the Naval Air Station Patuxent River history and heritage of advancing US naval aviation technology with artifacts, photographs and film, documents, and related heritage memorabilia from Patuxent River and other naval stations. The museum is dedicated to those who have employed their talents in advancing naval aviation research, development, testing, and evaluation.
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Dates from 1975.
Wikidata Q7148779, matched on coordinates and name (79 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 3.1 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 18.2 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 22.6 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 6 mi
- Eagle Nesting Site · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nicolet Park: 0.6 mi
- Nicolet Park: 0.6 mi
- Elmer Brown Freedom Park: 1.0 mi
- Dunleigh Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
- Lancaster Park: 1.2 mi
- "On Watch": 3.4 mi
- Squatting Woman with Shawl: 4.7 mi
- Seated Woman: 4.7 mi
- Resting: 4.7 mi
- Standing Nude: 4.7 mi
- Drum Point Beach: 3.7 mi
- Seahorse Beach: 4.9 mi
- Lane Beach: 7.8 mi
- Cove Point Beach: 8.3 mi
- Piney Point Beach: 9.9 mi
- Mollys Leg Dredge Spoil: 3.2 mi
- Elms Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 7.3 mi
- Sotterley: 8.1 mi
- Piney Point Aquaculture Center: 8.4 mi
- J.C. Lore Oyster House: 3.3 mi
- Calvert Marine Museum: 3.8 mi
- St. John's Site (Historic St. Mary's City): 6.2 mi
- The Maryland Dove: 6.4 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City: 6.7 mi
- African American Monument: 1.0 mi
- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory: 2.9 mi
- M.M. Davis Shipyard: 3.2 mi
- To Those Who Fished The Bay And Built Their Boats: 3.3 mi
- J.C. Lore & Sons Oyster House: 3.3 mi
- Fort Hill: 11.0 mi
- Blue Gull Hill: 11.2 mi
- Shingle Hill: 18.8 mi
- Mount Airy: 19.1 mi
- Clifton Hill: 19.7 mi
- Yellows Banks: 5.6 mi
- Nutts Cliffs: 7.7 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 9.5 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- Malone's Church: 20.0 mi
- Eagle Nest: 23.2 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 3.8 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pantico Hill | SW 229° | 52 m | 23.7 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | WSW 248° | 50 m | 21.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | WSW 237° | 48 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Airy | WSW 247° | 47 m | 19.1 mi |
| Clifton Hill | WSW 246° | 46 m | 19.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 225° | 46 m | 19.9 mi |
| Chantilly Hill | WSW 245° | 45 m | 19.8 mi |
| Thompson Hill | SW 231° | 42 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patuxent River NAS, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1287884687
Day trips start here
- Lexington Park · 1 mi
- Solomons · 4 mi
- St. Mary's City · 6 mi
- Leonardtown · 9 mi
- Hooper's Island · 14 mi
- Point Lookout · 17 mi
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