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Impulse

Impulse from directly overhead

Impulse is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Bears Head stands 634 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Giant Wheel, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2015-04-25

How to reach it

Coordinates40.87955, -76.50191

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cara Park: 5.2 mi
  • Marion Heights Park: 5.4 mi
  • Ralph Wolfgang Memorial Park: 5.4 mi
  • Numedia Park: 5.5 mi
  • Terry / Miriello Stadium: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 58
  • Shamokin Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Big Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Blue Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Mahanoy Mountain: 9.1 mi
  • Bald Top: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Giant Wheel: 0.0 mi
  • Flying Tigers: 0.0 mi
  • Downdraft: 0.0 mi
  • Galleon: 0.0 mi
  • Whipper: 0.0 mi
Historic sites: 40
  • Saint Mary's Roman Catholic School: 5.5 mi
  • Silkmill Memorial: 6.8 mi
  • Silkmill bell: 6.8 mi
  • The Price of War: 6.8 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 20
Museums: 17
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 5
  • Hughes Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Butterfly Gardens: 15.1 mi
  • Castle Green Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Saint Paul's Community Labyrinth: 20.2 mi
  • Tripollinator Garden: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 14.0 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 14.6 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.8 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • C. Q. McWilliams Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Memorial Class Of 1916: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Un-named Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Swatara Falls: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Eagle Rock Beach: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bears HeadE 95°634 m22.2 mi
Buck MountainENE 72°592 m16.1 mi
Catawissa MountainENE 75°571 m10.0 mi
Blue HeadE 90°557 m22.0 mi
Round HeadE 88°556 m22.4 mi
Big MountainSE 124°552 m6.7 mi
Big Lick MountainSSW 192°545 m19.8 mi
South Buck MountainENE 76°539 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3520:0020:42
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2815:5816:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506068737064524233
Precip in3.52.53.74.34.24.84.44.15.24.33.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bear GAP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/3700461509

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