Pearson Air Museum
Pearson Air Museum is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pearson Airfield, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
The Pearson Air Museum is a place-based aviation museum at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, USA. Managed by the National Park Service as part of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, museum exhibits provide an opportunity for visitors to explore aviation history tied to Pearson Field and Vancouver Barracks. Objects and artifacts from the National Park Service collections and on loan from members of the community and other museums depict history of aviation in the Pacific Northwest. The museum notably houses the first plane flown by Leah Hing, the first Chinese American woman to earn a pilot's license.
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Wikidata Q12859331, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 6.4 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
- 13.0 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 12.7 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Crown point · 21 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Cape Horn Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pearson Airfield: 0.0 mi
- Chkalov Transpolar Flight Monument: 0.0 mi
- Japanese Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Officers Row: 0.4 mi
- Clark County War Veteran's Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Evergreen Aboretum: 0.2 mi
- Memory / Mill Plain Park: 0.3 mi
- Hazel Hart Park: 0.4 mi
- Quarnberg Park: 0.5 mi
- Marshall Park: 0.6 mi
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Garden: 0.3 mi
- Marshall Park Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Royce E. Pollard Japanese Friendship Garden: 0.7 mi
- Welcome to Washington: 1.0 mi
- Kenton Neighborhood Rose Garden: 3.1 mi
- Vancouver Barracks: 0.4 mi
- Vancouver Land Bridge: 0.6 mi
- Grant Street Pier: 1.2 mi
- Water Wheel: 5.6 mi
- The Big Red Animal Barn: 6.6 mi
- Cannon Replica Project: 0.5 mi
- Ilchee: 0.5 mi
- Spike Flower: 0.7 mi
- Wheel Series: 0.7 mi
- The Winged Woman: 0.7 mi
- Flyway Wetlands Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Catkin Marsh Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Tranquility Nature Area: 4.5 mi
- Waud Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Beaver Marsh: 4.6 mi
- Rocky Butte: 6.9 mi
- Cornell Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Mount Tabor: 8.3 mi
- Elk Point: 8.9 mi
- Swede Hill: 8.9 mi
- Pearson Field Education Center: 0.1 mi
- Clark County Historical Museum: 1.0 mi
- Water Resources Education Center: 1.9 mi
- Portland Museum of Modern Art: 4.5 mi
- The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum: 6.4 mi
- Cedar Mill Falls: 9.6 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 10.0 mi
- Knapp Falls: 11.7 mi
- Pothole Falls: 12.4 mi
- Woodburn Falls: 12.8 mi
- Shelter A: 4.0 mi
- Eagle Shelter: 5.7 mi
- Heron Shelter: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Area D: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Area E: 7.2 mi
- Surprise Beach: 0.5 mi
- North Beach: 1.4 mi
- Lieser Point: 3.7 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 5.3 mi
- Poet's Beach: 8.1 mi
- Waud Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 6.6 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 6.8 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.0 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Fulton: 10.6 mi
- Roy: 20.7 mi
- Latourell: 22.0 mi
- Greenville: 22.2 mi
- Bridal Veil: 23.7 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 24.9 mi
- School District Spring: 11.0 mi
- Fern Spring: 21.0 mi
- Oliver Spring: 24.5 mi
- Ed's Trail Arch: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Pearson Air Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larch Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,057 m | 18.6 mi |
| Elkhorn Mountain | ENE 60° | 679 m | 15.9 mi |
| Bells Mountain | NE 41° | 674 m | 18.2 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | ENE 75° | 595 m | 14.5 mi |
| Spotted Deer Mountain | NE 53° | 594 m | 16.8 mi |
| Spud Mountain | ENE 72° | 576 m | 15.2 mi |
| Rye Hill | WNW 294° | 566 m | 19.9 mi |
| Yacolt Mountain | NNE 31° | 536 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:18 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:40 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 43 | 47 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 46 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vancouver Pearson AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Vancouver · 3 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 6 mi
- Portland · 7 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 7 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 8 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 9 mi
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