San Diego Air & Space Museum
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San Diego Air & Space Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 69 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is San Diego Automotive Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.
The story
The San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) is an aviation and space exploration museum in San Diego, California. It is located in Balboa Park and is housed in the former Ford Building, which is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. The museum was established by articles of incorporation on October 12, 1961, and opened to the public on February 15, 1963.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1963.
Wikidata Q3308955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 27.5 m
- Elevation
- 69 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- San Diego Automotive Museum: 0.1 mi
- Comic-Con Museum: 0.1 mi
- WorldBeat Cultural Center: 0.3 mi
- Deborah Szekely Activity Center: 0.3 mi
- Centro Cultural de la Raza: 0.3 mi
- House of Chamorros: 0.2 mi
- House of Peru: 0.2 mi
- House of Palestine: 0.2 mi
- House of India: 0.2 mi
- House of Turkey: 0.2 mi
- Marston Point: 0.2 mi
- Ethno-botanic Garden: 0.3 mi
- Tweet Street Linear Park: 0.3 mi
- Sefton Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Redwood Circle: 0.5 mi
- Marston Point: 0.2 mi
- La Jolla Mesa: 9.3 mi
- Cowles Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Dictionary Hill: 9.4 mi
- Kwaay Paay Peak: 9.4 mi
- Nikigator: 0.4 mi
- Poet and Muse: 0.4 mi
- El Cid: 0.4 mi
- Bosatsu: 0.4 mi
- Aztec Woman of Tehuantepec: 0.4 mi
- Kate Sessions: 0.4 mi
- Blackened Fish Taco: 0.7 mi
- Stuffed Artichokes: 0.7 mi
- Marinara Sauce: 0.7 mi
- AIDS Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Kate O. Sessions Cactus Garden: 0.2 mi
- Bonsai Exhibit: 0.3 mi
- Zen Garden: 0.4 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 0.4 mi
- Alcazar Garden: 0.4 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Swordfish Point: 6.0 mi
- Spanish Landing Beach: 3.2 mi
- Central Beach: 3.5 mi
- North Beach: 3.5 mi
- Coronado Beach: 3.5 mi
- North Beach: 3.6 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 6.1 mi
- Northern Wildlife Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve: 6.4 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Miramar Mounds National Natural Landmark: 8.5 mi
- Dog Spring: 9.1 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 10.7 mi
- La Honda Spring: 15.7 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 20.7 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 21.5 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 0.8 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 6.1 mi
- Adobe Falls: 6.1 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 13.9 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 24.4 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.7 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of San Diego Air & Space Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | E 94° | 1,139 m | 22.8 mi |
| El Cajon Mountain | NE 56° | 1,112 m | 23.4 mi |
| Otay Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,067 m | 20.2 mi |
| El Capitan | NE 55° | 1,026 m | 23.0 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NE 54° | 996 m | 24.5 mi |
| Silverdome II | NE 54° | 970.36 m | 22.3 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | NNE 29° | 878 m | 22.2 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | E 84° | 840 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:24 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:10 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Intl AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/31240535
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