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Red Caboose Museum

Red Caboose Museum from directly overhead

Red Caboose Museum is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 482 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Mill Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 7.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
It is a train car from the mid 1900s, and is open on certain occasions in the summer.
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.33961, -75.50731

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Mill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cenntenial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Golden Park: 0.8 mi
  • Golden Park: 0.8 mi
  • Moffat Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Cobb: 4.8 mi
  • Blair Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Coon Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Pinnacle Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Montage Mountain: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • Virigin Mary Statue: 0.8 mi
  • Galderi Memorial Fountain: 8.1 mi
  • Lincoln Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • WWI Memorial: 8.2 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Dedication: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves: 54
Attractions: 23
Museums: 18
Waterfalls: 12
  • Rattlesnake Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Nay Aug Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Choke Creek Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Salvatore Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Indian Ladder Falls: 15.6 mi
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Deer Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 0.9 mi
  • Campbell's Ledge: 15.0 mi
  • Ridgefield Point: 16.1 mi
  • The Knob: 17.6 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Willow picnic grove: 10.1 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 10.1 mi
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 10.6 mi
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Octave Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Sand Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 14.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 14.9 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.0 mi
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 20.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Red Caboose Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillSW 223°690 m9.8 mi
High KnobNNE 13°690 m18.0 mi
Salem HillN 10°686 m14.8 mi
Pinnacle RockWNW 296°685 m14.1 mi
Pinnacle RockWNW 296°681 m14.2 mi
Dresser HillSE 137°673 m11.2 mi
Big Shiney MountainWSW 239°664 m9.3 mi
Panther HillSW 225°662 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3019:5820:40
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2515:5216:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506169747265534333
Precip in2.62.12.83.33.33.83.63.94.13.72.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7209787003

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