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Shousetown Boatyard

Shousetown Boatyard from directly overhead

Shousetown Boatyard is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Quakers Knob stands 443 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Republic Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Founder Peter Shouse, built "Kentuckian" its first steamboat in 1829. Sold 1837 to E.and N. Porter. By 1866 over 80 steamboats had been launched. The last was the 1727-ton "Great Republic", famed on the Mississippi River for its size and elegance.
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Coordinates40.55718, -80.22083

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Morrow-Pontefract Park: 1.0 mi
  • Oak Street Park: 1.4 mi
  • Walker Park: 1.6 mi
  • Way Park: 1.8 mi
  • Community Field: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 60
Artworks
Museums: 60
Peaks: 31
  • Bunker Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Clover Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Mt. Thornburg: 10.9 mi
  • North Field: 10.9 mi
  • Big Knob: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 24
  • The Edgeworth Club: 1.9 mi
  • Giant Chair: 3.7 mi
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 3.7 mi
  • Urban Assault: 12.9 mi
  • USS Requin: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Boggs Trailhead Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 10.7 mi
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 10.8 mi
  • picnic tables: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
  • BAB: 10.2 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 11.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Lacock Spring: 10.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shousetown Boatyard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quakers KnobSW 214°443 m17.8 mi
Big KnobN 5°423 m11.4 mi
Garrett HillSSW 193°420 m23.8 mi
Hannas KnobS 174°417 m21.7 mi
Stewart HillW 280°412 m16.3 mi
Herron HillESE 117°384 m15.5 mi
Beatty HillNW 309°380 m20.0 mi
Mechling HillSW 230°380 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5719:33
June solstice05:5120:1520:56
September equinox07:0918:4419:20
December solstice07:4216:1416:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138516170747366544234
Precip in2.62.73.23.63.64.23.93.23.42.82.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwillard Dashields L&D, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5194217328

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