Castle Air Museum
Castle Air Museum is a military aviation museum located at Castle Airport in Atwater, California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: military aviation museum in California
- Address: CA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castle Airport and United States Penitentiary, Atwater.
Castle Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Castle Airport is a public airport in unincorporated Merced County, California, 8 miles northwest of Merced. The airport is operated by the Merced County Department of Commerce, Aviation, and Economic Development.
United States Penitentiary, Atwater
Prison
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The United States Penitentiary, Atwater is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Merced County, California. The institution also includes a minimum-security satellite camp. United States Penitentiary, Atwater is situated 1½ miles northeast of Castle Air Museum.
Buhach Colony High School
School
Buhach Colony High School is a public high school in Atwater, California, United States. Opened in 2001, the school is part of the Merced Union High School District. Buhach Colony High School is situated 1¼ miles south of Castle Air Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buhach and Atwater.
Buhach
Hamlet
Buhach is an unincorporated community in Merced County, California. It is located 2 miles east-southeast of Atwater, at an elevation of 157 feet. The Merced Land and Fruit Company established the Buhach Plantation in the area in 1871. Buhach is situated 2 miles south of Castle Air Museum.
Atwater
Photo: Nehrams2020, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Atwater is a city on State Route 99 in Merced County, California, United States. Atwater is 8 miles west-northwest of Merced, at an elevation of 151 feet. The population as of the 2020 census was 31,970, up from 28,168 in 2010.
Winton
Village
Winton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States. Winton is located 2.5 miles north of Atwater, California. and 10 miles northwest of Merced, the county seat. Winton is situated 2½ miles northwest of Castle Air Museum.
Castle Air Museum
- Categories: aviation museum, education, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Merced County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.36703° or 37° 22′ 1″ northLongitude
-120.57871° or 120° 34′ 43″ westElevation
174 feet (53 metres)Open location code
849X9C8C+RGOpenStreetMap ID
way 95184582OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=educationOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
5334830Wikidata ID
Q5049981
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Castle Air Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “城堡航空博物館”
- German: “Castle Air Museum”
- Japanese: “キャッスル航空博物館”
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Explore places such as Fluhr and Castle Gardens.
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