USS Midway Museum
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USS Midway Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Unconditional Surrender Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The USS Midway was the longest-serving aircraft carrier in the 20th century. Named after the climactic Battle of Midway of June 1942, Midway was built in only 17 months, but missed World War II by one week when commissioned on September 10, 1945. Midway w
The story
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned eight days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest aircraft carrier in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal. She operated for 47 years, during which time she saw action in the Vietnam War and served as the Persian Gulf flagship in 1991's Operation Desert Storm. Decommissioned in 1992, she is now a museum ship at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California. USS Midway is the only retired aircraft carrier that is not an Essex-class aircraft carrier, as the rest have been scrapped.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2004.
Wikidata Q907779, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1945
- Height
- 18 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Unconditional Surrender Monument: 0.1 mi
- National Salute to Bob Hope and the Military: 0.1 mi
- Presidential Unit Citation: 0.1 mi
- USS San Diego Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Benito Juarez: 0.4 mi
- Tuna Harbor Park: 0.1 mi
- Progress Park: 0.2 mi
- Lane Field Park: 0.2 mi
- Pantoja Park: 0.4 mi
- Waterfront Park: 0.6 mi
- Hand Drawn Sculpture: 0.2 mi
- Tower of Ten Billion Stars: 0.2 mi
- Shhh Pavilion: The Hopekeeper: 0.2 mi
- Waltzing Matilda: 0.2 mi
- Pacific Soul: 0.3 mi
- San Diego Police Museum: 0.3 mi
- San Diego Police Department Exhibit & Jail Cells: 0.4 mi
- Navy SEAL Museum San Diego: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.4 mi
- Maritime Museum of San Diego: 0.5 mi
- Mistletoe: 0.4 mi
- Star of India: 0.5 mi
- HMS Surprise: 0.5 mi
- Berkeley: 0.5 mi
- Californian: 0.5 mi
- Phil Swing Memorial Garden: 0.8 mi
- The Chuang Garden: 0.8 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 1.6 mi
- Kate O. Sessions Cactus Garden: 1.6 mi
- Bonsai Exhibit: 1.8 mi
- Marston Point: 1.3 mi
- La Jolla Mesa: 9.2 mi
- Soledad Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Dictionary Hill: 10.6 mi
- Cowles Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 4.8 mi
- Swordfish Point: 4.9 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 4.9 mi
- Central Beach: 2.2 mi
- North Beach: 2.2 mi
- Coronado Beach: 2.2 mi
- Spanish Landing Beach: 2.2 mi
- North Beach: 2.3 mi
- Northern Wildlife Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve: 6.3 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 7.6 mi
- Miramar Mounds National Natural Landmark: 9.6 mi
- Dog Spring: 10.6 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 11.9 mi
- La Honda Spring: 16.9 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 21.6 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 22.9 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 2.1 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 7.6 mi
- Adobe Falls: 7.6 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of USS Midway Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | E 92° | 1,139 m | 23.9 mi |
| El Cajon Mountain | NE 56° | 1,112 m | 24.9 mi |
| Otay Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,067 m | 20.9 mi |
| El Capitan | NE 55° | 1,026 m | 24.5 mi |
| Silverdome II | NE 54° | 970.36 m | 23.8 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | NNE 30° | 878 m | 23.6 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | E 82° | 840 m | 21.6 mi |
| North Iron Mountain | NNE 33° | 824 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:24 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:10 | 16:47 |
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 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Intl AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/25965018
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