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Planes of Fame Air Museum

Planes of Fame Air Museum, a museum in California
Planes of Fame Air Museum, a museum in CaliforniaTomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Planes of Fame Air Museum, a museum in California
Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Planes of Fame Air Museum, a museum in California
Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Planes of Fame Air Museum, a museum in California
Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Planes of Fame Air Museum, a museum in California
Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Planes of Fame Air Museum, a museum in California
Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Planes of Fame Air Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Cucamonga Peak stands 2,695 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Storage Area, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

About

The story

Planes of Fame Air Museum is an aviation museum at Chino Airport in Chino, California.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1957.

Wikidata Q3391415, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.98180, -117.64028
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
  • Korean War Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Darren J. McCleve: 2.9 mi
  • Yorba-Slaughter Adobe: 3.2 mi
  • McCarty-Payne Homestead Est. 18xx entrance: 3.9 mi
  • Galleano Winery: 6.0 mi
Parks
  • Constellation Park: 0.9 mi
  • Nature Retreat Park: 1.1 mi
  • Gallery Park: 1.2 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 1.2 mi
  • Founders Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Horse Tracks: 2.7 mi
  • Rabbit Tracks: 2.7 mi
  • Cucamonga Creek Watershed: 2.8 mi
  • Great Blue Heron Tracks: 2.8 mi
  • Coyote Tracks: 2.8 mi
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 5.6 mi
  • San Juan Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Scully Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Andersen Bump: 7.6 mi
  • Forget-Me-Not Hill: 7.7 mi
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Water Demonstration Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Nature's Pathway: 8.2 mi
  • Organic Farm (East): 8.7 mi
Attractions
  • Galleano Winery: 5.9 mi
  • River Trails Park: 6.0 mi
  • Stone Fort: 7.9 mi
  • River Trails: 9.3 mi
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 49
  • The Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Burrowing Owl Preserve: 1.7 mi
  • Water Canyon Natural Preserve: 6.5 mi
  • Hidden Valley Wildlife Area: 7.7 mi
  • Hidden Valley Nature Center: 8.2 mi
Springs: 32
Picnic sites: 30
  • Site C: 8.4 mi
  • Site A: 8.5 mi
  • Site B: 8.5 mi
  • Site C: 8.7 mi
  • Site B: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 15
Cliffs: 6
  • Norco Bluffs: 4.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 5.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 5.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 6.2 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 18.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Planes of Fame Air Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cucamonga PeakN 11°2,695 m16.9 mi
Ontario PeakN 3°2,640 m17.0 mi
Etiwanda PeakNNE 13°2,640 m17.5 mi
Bighorn PeakN 8°2,575 m17.6 mi
Sugarloaf PeakN 1°2,091 m18.0 mi
Turtle's BeakN 359°2,090 m15.4 mi
Greater Calamity PeakN 10°2,068 m15.6 mi
Buck PointNNE 19°1,961 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:2920:06
September equinox06:3918:1618:49
December solstice06:5316:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565659636873788077696155
Precip in2.22.71.40.60.20.00.10.00.10.50.61.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chino AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/278148747

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