Blair Limestone Company Kilns
Blair Limestone Company Kilns is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Quarry, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
Remains of six vertical lime kilns
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Canoe Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Brush Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Indian Chief Rock: 4.0 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 7.3 mi
- Frankstown Township Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 4.6 mi
- Valley View County Park: 5.1 mi
- Geesey Park: 5.6 mi
- Greenwood Park: 5.7 mi
- Quarry: 0.1 mi
- Quarry: 0.2 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Etna Furnace: 5.8 mi
- Fort Roberdeau: 6.4 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 6.6 mi
- Baker Mansion History Museum: 6.7 mi
- A Quaint Corner Children's Museum & Discovery Center: 6.8 mi
- Hartslog Heritage Museum: 10.6 mi
- Lincoln Caverns: 11.0 mi
- Tank: 4.6 mi
- Theme Park Entrance: 9.7 mi
- Tipton Creek Train Station: 9.7 mi
- Old Duncansville Airmail field: 10.1 mi
- Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal: 11.1 mi
- Devils Elbow: 10.1 mi
- Kittanning Point: 11.0 mi
- Pulpit Rocks: 12.6 mi
- Indian Lookout: 13.1 mi
- Old Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Arch Spring: 9.0 mi
- Hundred Springs: 12.1 mi
- Mason Spring: 12.7 mi
- Gallitzin Spring: 13.2 mi
- Weynant Spring: 16.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 131: 12.1 mi
- Grace Nature Trail: 14.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 279: 16.3 mi
- Stone Valley Recreation Area: 22.9 mi
- Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center: 23.0 mi
- Golden Tiger Statue: 7.2 mi
- Great Auk: 7.6 mi
- Boot: 10.7 mi
- Silent Descent: 13.9 mi
- The Paper Trail: 13.9 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Mowery Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Burnt House Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Garden: 6.4 mi
- Seeds of Hope (Tyrone Community Gardens): 12.8 mi
- Aitch: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Blair Limestone Company Kilns. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | SW 227° | 953 m | 20.3 mi |
| Schaefer Head | SW 232° | 898 m | 18.7 mi |
| Ritchey Knob | SW 231° | 874 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cattle Knob | SW 230° | 865 m | 18.0 mi |
| Round Knob | SW 229° | 846 m | 19.2 mi |
| Pine Knob | SW 229° | 824 m | 16.4 mi |
| Vickrey Mountain | WSW 238° | 821 m | 20.8 mi |
| Lost Mountain | NNW 343° | 804 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:07 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altoona 7 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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