Space and Missile Heritage Center
Space and Missile Heritage Center is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Sudden Peak stands 643 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is SLC-10W Launch Shed, a museum 0.1 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 23 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Space Force
- Access
- military
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lone Oak · 27 mi
- Concrete Turret · 27 mi
- Lover's Point · 27 mi
- Octopus Oak · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Radiosonde Launch Site: 3.0 mi
- Cocheo Park: 4.8 mi
- Ocean Beach Park: 5.3 mi
- Falcon Park: 9.3 mi
- Providence Landing Park: 10.0 mi
- Burton Mesa: 5.1 mi
- Lions Head: 7.3 mi
- Mount Lospe: 9.0 mi
- Promontory: 11.1 mi
- Wild Horse Peak: 12.5 mi
- SLC-10W Launch Shed: 0.1 mi
- Visitor Center: 5.8 mi
- Artesia Schoolhouse Museum: 12.6 mi
- Santa Barbara County Building;Lompoc Museum;Lompoc Museum Associates Research Library: 12.8 mi
- Santa Maria Museum of Flight: 13.6 mi
- Area 7: 14.0 mi
- Area 6: 14.0 mi
- Area 8: 14.1 mi
- Area 4: 14.1 mi
- Area 3: 14.1 mi
- Independence: 19.8 mi
- Barbeque Flats: 21.3 mi
- ATV Safety Training Area: 21.4 mi
- Worm Valley: 21.4 mi
- Bitter Creek Western Railroad: 21.4 mi
- Seal Beach: 1.9 mi
- Wall Beach: 4.0 mi
- Minuteman Beach: 6.5 mi
- Brown's Beach: 8.5 mi
- Point Sal Beach: 9.3 mi
- Operational Silo Test Facility: 5.2 mi
- Lompoc Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Church ruins: 13.2 mi
- Church ruins: 13.2 mi
- Original Site of Mission de La Purísima Concepción de María Santísima: 13.2 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 16.7 mi
- Big Spring: 19.0 mi
- Las Animas Spring: 21.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 23.1 mi
- Santa Maria Valley Sustainable Garden: 13.0 mi
- Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- Brighton Avenue Garden: 24.8 mi
- Los Flores Ranch Park: 16.1 mi
- Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge: 16.8 mi
- Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve: 21.7 mi
- Betteravia: 12.3 mi
- Espada Bluff: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Space and Missile Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudden Peak | SSE 153° | 643 m | 15.4 mi |
| Tranquillon Mountain | SSE 164° | 628 m | 13.0 mi |
| Oak Mountain | SSE 155° | 612 m | 16.2 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | ESE 104° | 599 m | 20.8 mi |
| Huasna Peak | NE 40° | 577 m | 24.4 mi |
| Boar Peak | NE 38° | 563 m | 24.7 mi |
| La Tinta Hill | SSE 149° | 512 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mount Lospe | N 6° | 500 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:42 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
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 | 54 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 58 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lompoc, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/705882428
Day trips start here
- Lompoc · 12 mi
- Guadalupe · 14 mi
- Santa Maria · 17 mi
- Nipomo · 20 mi
- Oceano · 23 mi
- Arroyo Grande · 25 mi
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