Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum
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Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the west-southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Golden Eagle Park, a park 0.3 miles away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
The Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) is an aviation museum located at the Ken Jernstedt Airfield in Hood River, Oregon. The museum is focused on airplanes and motor vehicles from the 1900s to the 1930s.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2007.
Wikidata Q7987451, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 6.9 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 1.4 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 4.1 mi off the JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE
Overlooks nearby
- Kodak Point · 2 mi
- Panorama Point Vista House · 2 mi
- Mitchell Point Overlook · 4 mi
- Wygant Lower Viewpoint · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Golden Eagle Park: 0.3 mi
- Barrett Park: 0.7 mi
- Hazelview Park: 1.4 mi
- Bowe Addition Park: 1.4 mi
- Memory Garden: 1.7 mi
- Alvin Fry: 0.8 mi
- Carroll Crossing: 0.8 mi
- Bob Hanel: 0.8 mi
- Children of the Providence Family Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Panorama Point Vista House: 2.1 mi
- Davidson Hill: 1.4 mi
- Panorama Point: 2.1 mi
- Van Horn Butte: 2.4 mi
- Ehrck Hill: 2.7 mi
- Lenz Butte: 3.1 mi
- Wah Gwin Gwin Falls: 2.4 mi
- Spirit Falls: 5.6 mi
- Dog Creek Falls: 6.7 mi
- Dead Point Falls: 6.9 mi
- Punchbowl Falls: 6.9 mi
- Sanford Spring: 2.5 mi
- Hakel Spring: 2.8 mi
- Rhoades Spring: 3.6 mi
- Tucker Spring: 3.8 mi
- Davis Spring: 4.0 mi
- Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 1.8 mi
- Hood River Housing: 1.9 mi
- Sayre Taft Colt: 2.2 mi
- Horse: 2.4 mi
- Discipline: 2.5 mi
- Coyote Wall: 7.0 mi
- Wankers Columns: 7.6 mi
- Rowland Wall: 8.4 mi
- Rowland Wall: 8.5 mi
- Rowland Wall: 8.7 mi
- Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail: 6.2 mi
- Starvation Creek State Park: 7.2 mi
- Mosier Plateau Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Toll Bridge County Park: 10.9 mi
- Great Camas Patch: 13.6 mi
- The History Museum: 2.9 mi
- Hutson Museum: 11.2 mi
- Twin Bridges Historical Museum: 12.4 mi
- Columbia Gorge Discovery Center: 16.1 mi
- Cascade Locks Historical Museum: 17.1 mi
- Scott Johnson Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Westside Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Tom's Learning Garden: 4.4 mi
- Clara's Garden: 4.5 mi
- The Henderson Monument: 2.9 mi
- Wet Planet Rafting: 8.7 mi
- SA Kitesurf Adventures: 12.2 mi
- Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 15.4 mi
- Skamania County Fairgrounds: 16.9 mi
- Slackwater Beach: 3.0 mi
- Marina Beach: 3.1 mi
- Koberg Beach: 3.6 mi
- Windboarding Beachhead: 3.6 mi
- Rock Creek Beach: 6.7 mi
- Kodak Point Highway Pullout: 2.1 mi
- Memaloose Park Rest Area Eastbound: 9.7 mi
- Memaloose Park Rest Area Westbound: 9.9 mi
- Chamberlain Lake Safety Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 18.8 mi
- Ice Cave Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Hemlock Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Columbia Hills State Park Day Use Area: 21.1 mi
- Natural Bridges: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | WSW 257° | 1,504 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mill Creek Buttes | S 177° | 1,497.48 m | 16.0 mi |
| Little Huckleberry Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,457.2 m | 16.4 mi |
| Green Point Mountain | WSW 252° | 1,443.8 m | 11.6 mi |
| Chinidere Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,416 m | 14.5 mi |
| Tomlike Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,387 m | 13.4 mi |
| Shellrock Mountain | S 177° | 1,354.5 m | 14.7 mi |
| Monte Cristo | N 354° | 1,271.3 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:14 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:36 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 44 | 50 | 57 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hood RVR EXP STN, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Hood River · 2 mi
- Mount Hood · 10 mi
- Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge · 15 mi
- Cascade Locks · 16 mi
- Stevenson · 17 mi
- The Dalles · 18 mi
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