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Santa Maria Museum of Flight

Santa Maria Museum of Flight from directly overhead

Santa Maria Museum of Flight is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Treplett Mountain stands 1,165 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Area 6, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 15 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

aviation museum in Santa Maria, California

Wikidata Q124435062, matched on coordinates and name (52 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Santa Maria Museum of Flight Inc
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates34.90462, -120.45436

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Waller Park: 0.8 mi
  • Marilyn Stanley Park: 0.9 mi
  • Maramonte Park (North): 1.4 mi
  • Rodenberger Park: 1.4 mi
  • Rodenberger Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks: 43
  • Newlove Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Mount Solomon: 6.3 mi
  • Camelback Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Mount Lospe: 8.6 mi
  • Lions Head: 9.6 mi
Museums: 19
Attractions: 16
  • Bitter Creek Western Railroad: 13.0 mi
  • Independence: 13.4 mi
  • Barbeque Flats: 15.0 mi
  • ATV Safety Training Area: 15.0 mi
  • Worm Valley: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Area 6: 0.6 mi
  • Area 7: 0.6 mi
  • Area 8: 0.6 mi
  • Area 4: 0.7 mi
  • Area 5: 0.7 mi
Beaches: 10
Historic sites: 9
Springs: 6
  • Difficult Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Barrel Springs: 17.5 mi
  • Cherokee Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Hunter Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Tunnel Spring: 23.1 mi
Gardens: 4
Nature reserves: 3
  • Los Flores Ranch Park: 7.5 mi
  • Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge: 12.1 mi
  • Pismo Preserve: 20.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Little Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Storybrook Falls: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Santa Maria Museum of Flight. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Treplett MountainENE 70°1,165 m22.9 mi
Lookout MountainESE 111°1,044 m23.7 mi
Porter PeakENE 63°1,032 m22.5 mi
Tepusquet PeakE 88°982 m15.2 mi
Pine Ridge SummitNNE 25°981 m23.2 mi
Hi MountainN 4°969 m24.6 mi
Manzanita MountainE 92°957 m21.2 mi
Los Coches MountainENE 64°919 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4119:14
June solstice05:4919:4220:19
September equinox06:5118:2719:00
December solstice07:0716:1616:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535455575962646564625752
Precip in2.72.82.60.90.40.10.00.00.10.51.12.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Maria Public AP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1293294211

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