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Old Centre Hall Pennsylvania Railroad Depot

Old Centre Hall Pennsylvania Railroad Depot from directly overhead

Old Centre Hall Pennsylvania Railroad Depot is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 388 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the south-southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Tri-Municipal Park, a park 1.0 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

borough of Pennsylvania

Dates from 1847.

Wikidata Q1131213, matched on coordinates and name (758 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Railroad
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.83999, -77.67761
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tri-Municipal Park: 1.0 mi
  • Potter Run Park: 3.7 mi
  • Gettig Park Little League Fields: 4.2 mi
  • Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Conservation Center: 5.5 mi
  • Governor's Park: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Egg Hill: 4.0 mi
  • First Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Triester Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Kohler Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Mount Nittany: 6.4 mi
Springs: 32
  • Blue Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Shutgart Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Axemann Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Forked Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Kelley Spring: 6.9 mi
Museums: 25
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 23
Nature reserves: 15
Gardens: 11
Picnic sites: 9
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Kish park beach access: 16.1 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 17.8 mi
  • Black Moshannon Beach: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 18.9 mi
  • Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Old Centre Hall Pennsylvania Railroad Depot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little FlatSSW 214°738 m7.3 mi
Thickhead MountainS 187°733 m6.6 mi
Big FlatSW 215°732 m9.9 mi
Broad MountainSSW 196°726 m11.4 mi
The WineheadNE 52°724 m13.8 mi
Grass MountainSSW 197°717 m8.7 mi
Broad MountainS 176°716 m7.4 mi
Bear KnobWNW 300°713 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4020:0520:46
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:3216:0316:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068727063524132
Precip in2.92.53.43.53.64.13.84.23.93.53.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4757068221

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