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Petroleum Center

Petroleum Center from directly overhead

Petroleum Center is a ghost town in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 324 m. Jackson Hill stands 587 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Petroleum Center Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Lake Wilhelm Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates41.51610, -79.68250

118 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
  • Petroleum Center Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Rouseville Playground: 2.9 mi
  • Pioneer Flats: 5.0 mi
  • Two Mile Run County Park: 5.1 mi
  • Polish Heritage Memorial Park of Oil City: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 27
  • Foster Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Hoag Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Point Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Cream Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Pine Hill: 13.4 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Cornplanter: 5.9 mi
  • Vandergrift: 6.0 mi
  • Edith C Justus Park: 6.0 mi
  • Cornplanter's Gift: 6.0 mi
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Monument: 6.6 mi
Museums: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Gregg Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Potters Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Freedom Falls: 19.6 mi
Artworks: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Clear Lake: 21.3 mi
  • Sinks Filled with Dirt: 24.2 mi
Springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Tidioute Overlook: 18.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jackson HillNNE 22°587 m24.2 mi
Cole HillNE 35°584 m21.9 mi
Stony PointE 88°558 m21.9 mi
Eastman HillN 4°551 m20.9 mi
Baker RocksNNE 28°550 m24.9 mi
Pine HillSE 146°515 m13.4 mi
Fools KnobENE 70°509 m20.5 mi
Wheeling HillW 269°504 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5419:31
June solstice05:4620:1520:57
September equinox07:0718:4119:18
December solstice07:4316:0816:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242533455665696761493929
Precip in3.52.73.54.24.04.94.23.64.14.23.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Titusville WTR WKS, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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