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Southern Museum Of Flight

Southern Museum Of Flight from directly overhead

Southern Museum Of Flight is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Bald Rock Mountain stands 475 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Airpark, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 8.8 miles off.

About

The story

The Southern Museum of Flight is a civilian aviation museum Birmingham, Alabama. The facility features nearly 100 aircraft, as well as engines, models, artifacts, photographs, and paintings. In addition, the Southern Museum of Flight is home to the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame, which presents Alabama Aviation History through collective biography.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1966.

Wikidata Q7570154, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates33.56342, -86.73809
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wahouma Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lynn Park: 0.7 mi
  • East Lake Park: 0.9 mi
  • Downey Park: 1.1 mi
  • Beulah Lewis Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Pilot Knob: 4.8 mi
  • Little Sand Mountain: 7.0 mi
  • Shades Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Lassiter Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Easterwood Mountain: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Memorial Airpark: 0.2 mi
  • Irondale Furnace Historical Marker: 4.0 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Steelworker: 5.1 mi
  • Heaviest Corner on Earth: 5.2 mi
Museums: 12
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Water Based: 0.7 mi
  • Magic City Sign: 5.2 mi
  • Five Points South: 5.5 mi
  • Complex Vision Mozaic: 5.6 mi
  • Vulcan: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Cannon Pavillion: 15.8 mi
  • Tilton Arbor: 15.8 mi
  • Front Porch: 15.8 mi
  • Lifeguard Gazeebo: 15.8 mi
  • Judson Day Gazeebo: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Bike Repair: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Spoonwood Lake Beach: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Peavine Falls: 17.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Southern Museum Of Flight. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald Rock MountainE 81°475 m18.4 mi
Signal MountainSE 142°460 m14.6 mi
Sand MountainSE 131°447 m14.7 mi
Butler MountainNNE 33°430 m12.9 mi
Foster MountainNE 35°421 m12.4 mi
Cahaba MountainNE 44°419 m17.6 mi
Saint Clair MountainNE 38°414 m21.9 mi
Black Oak MountainNE 34°413 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2618:59
June solstice05:3819:2420:01
September equinox06:3618:1218:45
December solstice06:4816:0516:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647278828176655447
Precip in5.04.95.75.14.94.85.44.44.03.34.24.9

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1291205595

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