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Hershey Triple Towers

Hershey Triple Towers from directly overhead

Hershey Triple Towers is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Big Lick Mountain stands 545 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Haunted Coal Mine, 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.

A set of 3 drop towers with varying heights and motions that was added in 2017. Took the place of 3 kidde attractions and one thrill ride with the kidde attractions being relocated throughout the park.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Hersheypark
Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.28812, -76.65350
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Chocolate Town Square: 0.3 mi
  • Hershey Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Founder's Park: 1.1 mi
  • Swatara Creek Park: 1.3 mi
  • Palmdale Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites: 59
Museums: 57
  • The Hershey Story: 0.2 mi
  • Education Center: 0.7 mi
  • Pennsylvania State Police Historical, Educational, & Memorial Center: 1.3 mi
  • Kinderhaus: 1.7 mi
  • AACA Museum: 2.1 mi
Peaks: 46
  • Round Top: 5.1 mi
  • Conewago Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Mount Ararat: 10.8 mi
  • Governor Dick Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Hulls Hill: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Milton S. Hershey: 0.2 mi
  • The Boy with the Leaking Boot: 0.7 mi
  • Girl Chasing Butterflies: 0.7 mi
  • Winter: 0.7 mi
  • Fall: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 36
Gardens: 27
  • Historic Hershey Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Bill Bowman Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Northside Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Palmyra Community Library: 4.6 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 0.2 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 8.2 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 9.6 mi
  • Main Campfire Circle: 13.9 mi
  • Swing Circle: 14.0 mi
Springs: 9
  • Spring Creek Springs: 1.2 mi
  • Penryth Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Concrete Beach: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Acrigg's Falls: 16.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hershey Triple Towers. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Lick MountainN 10°545 m21.8 mi
Short MountainN 349°500 m20.7 mi
Good Spring MountainNNE 18°500 m24.8 mi
Bear MountainN 5°496 m22.5 mi
Stony MountainN 352°491 m12.7 mi
Third MountainNW 318°488 m12.3 mi
Panther HeadNNE 28°473 m23.1 mi
Berry MountainNNW 332°435 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3820:0020:41
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2716:0116:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342536373777568564536
Precip in3.02.63.73.63.84.04.73.84.83.83.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/531990326

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