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US Southwest Soaring Museum

US Southwest Soaring Museum, a museum in New Mexico
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US Southwest Soaring Museum is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,894 m. South Sandia Peak stands 2,982 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewis Auto Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Salt Missions Trail passes 1.1 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

About

The story

The US Southwest Soaring Museum is an aviation museum, located at 918 E US Route 66, in Moriarty, New Mexico, United States that focuses on the history of gliding in the western United States. The museum is an affiliate member of the Soaring Society of America.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7875934, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Southwest Soaring Museum
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.00369, -106.02612

Overlooks nearby

Around it

114 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 29
Parks: 28
Picnic sites: 17
Springs: 12
  • Estancita Springs: 18.3 mi
  • Carlito Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Mud Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Sulphur Canyon Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Torro Spring: 23.3 mi
Museums: 7
  • Lewis Auto Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Moriarty Historical Society Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Tijeras Pueblo Museum: 20.8 mi
  • Museum of the American Military Family: 20.8 mi
  • Museum of Archaeology and Material Culture: 21.6 mi
Historic sites: 7
Artworks: 7
  • BME: 12.3 mi
  • Happy Firetruck: 15.9 mi
  • 66: 19.1 mi
  • Luis Garcia: 21.3 mi
  • ☮: 21.6 mi
Attractions: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Sandia PeakWNW 290°2,982 m24.3 mi
Placer MountainNNW 341°2,700 m24.3 mi
South MountainNW 319°2,665 m16.6 mi
San Pedro MountainNNW 332°2,498 m19.3 mi
Oro Quay PeakNNW 335°2,483 m18.6 mi
Cedro PeakW 281°2,369 m18.7 mi
Mount WashingtonW 262°2,347 m22.1 mi
Manzano MountainW 276°2,317 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:16
June solstice05:5119:4520:22
September equinox06:5318:2919:02
December solstice07:0916:1816:57

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303541485767716862513930
Precip in0.50.40.70.61.10.72.72.01.41.20.80.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moriarty 1 NE, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/631413347

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