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Titan Missile Museum

Titan Missile Museum, a museum in Arizona
Titan Missile Museum, a museum in ArizonaJeff Keyzer · CC BY 2.0
Titan Missile Museum, a museum in Arizona
Jeff Keyzer · CC BY 2.0
Titan Missile Museum, a museum in Arizona
Sam Howzit · CC BY 2.0
Titan Missile Museum, a museum in Arizona
Jeff Keyzer · CC BY 2.0
Titan Missile Museum, a museum in Arizona
Jeff Keyzer · CC BY 2.0
Titan Missile Museum, a museum in Arizona
Sam Howzit · CC BY 2.0

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Titan Missile Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 904 m. Mount Wrightson stands 2,882 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fuel Semitrailer, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

The Titan Missile Museum, also known as Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 or as Titan II ICBM Site 571-7, is a former ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) site located about 40 km (25 mi) south of Tucson, Arizona in the United States. It was constructed in 1963 and deactivated in 1984. The museum is run by the nonprofit Arizona Aerospace Foundation and includes an inert Titan II missile in the silo, as well as the original launch facilities. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1994. It is one of only two Titan II complexes to survive from the late Cold War period, the other being 571-3. It remains as the only location in the country where visitors can view an entirely preserved ICBM.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1963.

Wikidata Q795302, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.90245, -110.99905
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Parque Los Arroyos: 1.6 mi
  • Quail Creek-Veterans Municipal Park: 2.0 mi
  • Anamax Park: 2.1 mi
  • Madera Highlands: 2.3 mi
  • Madera Highlands Park: 2.7 mi
Peaks
  • Twin Buttes: 2.8 mi
  • Helmet Peak: 6.6 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 6.8 mi
  • Whitcomb Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Hel: 7.5 mi
Springs: 60
  • Sid Simpson Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Grays Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Bills Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Faber Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Shamrod Spring: 12.7 mi
Artworks: 40
  • La Primera Vista: 21.0 mi
  • Tumamoc and the River of Life: 21.1 mi
  • B-52 Bomber Tail: 21.5 mi
  • ZOO: 21.7 mi
  • Be Kind: 21.8 mi
Attractions: 35
Nature reserves: 35
  • Valencia Site: 16.3 mi
  • Tres Leones: 17.1 mi
  • Beehive Peak: 17.1 mi
  • Robert A Price Senior Park: 17.6 mi
  • Ryan Park: 18.4 mi
Gardens: 30
  • Desert Survivors: 21.1 mi
  • Mission Garden: 21.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 21.7 mi
  • El Rio Community Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 22.4 mi
Historic sites: 21
Museums: 19
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Titan Missile Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WrightsonSSE 148°2,882.32 m16.8 mi
Mount HopkinsSSE 155°2,576 m16.2 mi
Josephine PeakSSE 149°2,563 m17.9 mi
McCleary PeakSE 144°2,546 m15.0 mi
Florida PeakSE 141°2,480 m15.7 mi
Pete MountainSSE 156°2,307 m14.8 mi
Jack MountainSSE 152°2,270 m16.4 mi
Castle DomeSE 125°2,022 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0418:36
June solstice05:1918:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2116:4817:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525460667584858480706051
Precip in0.80.90.60.30.20.42.92.71.70.80.51.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/199309726

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