North Franklin Colliery
North Franklin Colliery is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Catawissa Mountain stands 571 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Trevorton WWII Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Artwork Recognising the Historic North Franklin Colliery in Trevorton.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Trevorton Foundry: 0.4 mi
- Kemp Stadium: 5.1 mi
- Ferndale Ballfields: 5.7 mi
- Claude Kehler Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
- Market Street Median Park: 6.4 mi
- Downdraft: 11.4 mi
- Fandango: 11.4 mi
- Tumbling Timbers: 11.4 mi
- Phoenix: 11.4 mi
- Gasoline Alley Antique Cars: 11.4 mi
- Big Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Mahanoy Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Shamokin Hill: 8.9 mi
- Blue Hill: 9.6 mi
- Hooflander Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Trevorton WWII Memorial: 0.3 mi
- 10th Ward Honor Roll: 6.2 mi
- Stanley Coveleski Monument: 6.4 mi
- Big Cannon: 6.4 mi
- Spanish-American War Memoral: 6.4 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 19.3 mi
- Husky: 19.7 mi
- The Snake: 19.8 mi
- Two Elongated Forms: 19.8 mi
- The Grin: 19.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 165: 2.8 mi
- State Game Land 84: 5.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 212: 10.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 115: 12.4 mi
- Weiser State Forest - Taylorsville Tract: 12.5 mi
- Rescue Fire Musuem: 6.7 mi
- Fort Augusta & Hunter House Museum: 8.8 mi
- Pennsylvania Mining Museum: 11.4 mi
- Knoebels History Museum: 11.4 mi
- Knoebels Carousel Museum: 11.5 mi
- Butterfly Gardens: 9.2 mi
- Tripollinator Garden: 10.9 mi
- Hughes Memorial Garden: 13.8 mi
- Saint Paul's Community Labyrinth: 14.7 mi
- Castle Green Garden: 22.9 mi
- C. Q. McWilliams Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Rowland Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Memorial Class Of 1916: 19.8 mi
- Un-named Falls: 18.4 mi
- Swatara Falls: 18.5 mi
- Acrigg's Falls: 21.2 mi
- Chambers Spring: 21.8 mi
- Bear Spring 2: 21.9 mi
- Bear Spring: 24.5 mi
- Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 14.8 mi
- Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 14.9 mi
- Centralia: 17.8 mi
- Rausch Gap: 19.8 mi
- Chinese Wall: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Franklin Colliery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catawissa Mountain | ENE 63° | 571 m | 21.3 mi |
| Big Lick Mountain | SSE 157° | 545 m | 13.5 mi |
| Ashland Mountain | E 90° | 530 m | 21.2 mi |
| Short Mountain | S 190° | 500 m | 13.8 mi |
| Good Spring Mountain | SE 139° | 500 m | 13.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SSE 163° | 496 m | 12.0 mi |
| Stony Mountain | S 181° | 491 m | 21.4 mi |
| McCauley Mountain | ENE 57° | 479 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:59 | 16:43 |
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 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunbury, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4382810537
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