Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center is a reserve in Santa Clara County, California. Ames Research Center is situated nearby to the locality Jackson Park, as well as near Rex Manor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moffett Federal Airfield and Ames Research Center.
Moffett Federal Airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Ikluft, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moffett Federal Airfield, also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military airport located in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County, California, United States, between northern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale.
Ames Research Center
Research institute
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Ames Research Center, also known as NASA Ames, is a major NASA research center at Moffett Federal Airfield in California's Silicon Valley. It was founded in 1939 as the second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics laboratory.
Hangar One
Hangar
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Hangar One is one of the world's largest freestanding structures, covering 8 acres at Moffett Field near Mountain View, California in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountain View and Sunnyvale.
Mountain View
Photo: Baltakatei, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mountain View in California is located in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Mountain View is one of the major cities that make up Silicon Valley, and has many notable Silicon Valley companies either headquartered there or with a large presence.
Sunnyvale
Photo: Alexey Komarov, CC BY 3.0.
Sunnyvale is a city in the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California. Sunnyvale was ranked the 5th safest city in the United States in its size category for 2004.
Alviso
Suburb
Photo: Vlad Butsky, CC BY 2.0.
Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded in 1852, today Alviso is San Jose's only waterfront district, primarily residential in nature, with several Silicon Valley tech companies and recreation-oriented businesses. Alviso is situated 4 miles east of Ames Research Center.
Ames Research Center
- Type: Reserve
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.4169° or 37° 25′ 1″ northLongitude
-122.05076° or 122° 3′ 3″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
849VCW8X+QMGeoNames ID
11384359
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