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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

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Coordinates41.33961, -75.50731

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

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
Parks
  • Old Mill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cenntenial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Golden Park: 0.8 mi
  • Moffat Park: 1.0 mi
  • Harmony Hills Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites: 52
  • 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: 52
Attractions: 22
Museums: 17
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 18.6 miles of Red Caboose Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillSW690 m9.8 mi
High KnobNNE690 m18.0 mi
Salem HillN686 m14.8 mi
Pinnacle RockWNW685 m14.1 mi
Dresser HillSE673 m11.2 mi
Big Shiney MountainWSW664 m9.3 mi
Panther HillSW662 m7.8 mi
West MountainNW659 m13.0 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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