Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Big Lick Mountain stands 545 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is The Howler, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fahrenheit is a steel roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in the Pioneer Frontier section of the park, the roller coaster was manufactured by Intamin and opened on May 24, 2008. It features six inversions and became the steepest roller coaster in the world when it opened with its first drop of 97 degrees. Fahrenheit briefly held the record until Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach, which featured a 111-degree drop, opened several weeks later on July 5. Fahrenheit is also one of the few coasters in the world to feature a Norwegian Loop.
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Wikidata Q202493, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hersheypark
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- The Howler: 0.0 mi
- Mini Scrambler: 0.0 mi
- Red Baron: 0.1 mi
- Frontier Flyers: 0.1 mi
- Mix'd: 0.1 mi
- Chocolate Town Square: 0.4 mi
- Hershey Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Swatara Creek Park: 1.2 mi
- Founder's Park: 1.2 mi
- Boathouse Park: 1.4 mi
- Michael Horrocks 9/11 Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Abandoned Mount Gretna Prison Foundations: 8.7 mi
- Highspire War Memorial: 9.0 mi
- The "Governor's Troop": 9.7 mi
- 16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Camp Hastings.: 9.9 mi
- The Hershey Story: 0.4 mi
- Education Center: 0.5 mi
- Pennsylvania State Police Historical, Educational, & Memorial Center: 1.2 mi
- Kinderhaus: 1.8 mi
- AACA Museum: 1.9 mi
- Round Top: 5.3 mi
- Conewago Hill: 9.6 mi
- Mount Ararat: 10.8 mi
- Governor Dick Hill: 11.0 mi
- Hulls Hill: 11.8 mi
- Milton S. Hershey: 0.2 mi
- The Boy with the Leaking Boot: 0.5 mi
- Girl Chasing Butterflies: 0.5 mi
- Winter: 0.6 mi
- Fall: 0.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 246: 5.2 mi
- Bellaire Woods: 8.4 mi
- Shaw Family Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 145: 9.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 275: 9.2 mi
- Historic Hershey Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Bill Bowman Garden: 0.5 mi
- Northside Garden: 3.5 mi
- Palmyra Community Library: 4.7 mi
- Prayer Garden: 7.2 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 0.2 mi
- Quitte Creek Nature Park: 8.3 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 9.5 mi
- Main Campfire Circle: 13.9 mi
- Swing Circle: 14.0 mi
- Spring Creek Springs: 1.3 mi
- Penryth Spring: 8.9 mi
- Donegal Spring: 13.9 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 14.5 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 14.6 mi
- Chickies Rock: 17.8 mi
- Chinese Wall: 18.8 mi
- Round Head: 23.6 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 9.8 mi
- Concrete Beach: 12.8 mi
- Rausch Gap: 14.8 mi
- Acrigg's Falls: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fahrenheit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lick Mountain | N 10° | 545 m | 21.7 mi |
| Short Mountain | N 350° | 500 m | 20.5 mi |
| Good Spring Mountain | NNE 19° | 500 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 6° | 496 m | 22.4 mi |
| Stony Mountain | N 352° | 491 m | 12.5 mi |
| Third Mountain | NW 318° | 488 m | 12.1 mi |
| Panther Head | NNE 28° | 473 m | 23.0 mi |
| Berry Mountain | NNW 332° | 435 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12995093630
Day trips start here
- Wrightsville · 20 mi
- York · 23 mi
- Lancaster · 25 mi
- Lancaster County · 28 mi
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