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Willow Grove Mall Carousel

Willow Grove Mall Carousel from directly overhead

Willow Grove Mall Carousel is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Haycock Mountain stands 295 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Crestmont Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Blue Route passes 8.3 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

shopping mall in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States

Dates from 1982.

Wikidata Q8022324, matched on coordinates and name (53 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Heritage Amusements

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.13993, -75.12390

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Crestmont Park: 0.3 mi
  • Broughton park: 0.4 mi
  • Rubicam Avenue Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rockwell Park: 0.5 mi
  • Cherry Street: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Helicopter Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Mason's Mill Dam: 2.0 mi
  • Bone Hill Mill: 2.5 mi
  • Shelmire Mill Dam: 2.5 mi
  • Langstroth Mill Complex: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Safety Town: 2.8 mi
  • Council Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Azalea Meadow: 6.2 mi
  • Magnolia Slope: 6.2 mi
  • Springhouse: 6.2 mi
Gardens
  • Meadowbrook Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Fruit garden: 3.1 mi
  • Laverock Road Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 4.0 mi
  • Woodland Gardens: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 42
  • Camp Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Fort Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Militia Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Area C: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Area #3: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Monkey Rock: 14.4 mi
  • Old Quarry: 17.3 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 17.5 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 20.9 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 22.3 mi
Springs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Gold Run: 18.3 mi
  • High Falls: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • King of Prussia Service Plaza: 13.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haycock MountainNNW 348°295 m24.6 mi
Rock HillNNW 334°256 m20.6 mi
Diamond Rock HillWSW 258°188 m20.8 mi
Mount MiseryW 259°176 m18.9 mi
Plumstead HillN 5°174 m16.2 mi
Buckingham MountainNNE 20°158 m12.9 mi
Spring MountainWNW 297°151 m19.5 mi
Baldpate MountainNE 45°146 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3219:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:2015:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542526271767467564537

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willow Grove NAS, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5180968059

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