Historic site · Pennsylvania

Tank

Tank from directly overhead

Tank is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Gap Hill stands 349 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Waterworks Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Blue Route passes 11 miles off.

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Material: metal

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Coordinates40.19181, -75.47645

11.3 mi off the Blue Route
12.6 mi off the Exton Bypass
17.7 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
26.8 mi off the Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Hawk Point · 24 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Waterworks Park: 0.4 mi
Rambo Park: 0.4 mi
Borough Hall Park: 0.6 mi
Anderson Park: 0.8 mi
Doctor John Price Field: 1.1 mi

Museums

Dewee's Tavern: 0.4 mi
Henry Muhlenberg House: 0.5 mi
The Speaker's House: 0.5 mi
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art: 1.1 mi
Locktender's House: 3.7 mi

Historic sites

Greenhouse Ruins: 0.6 mi
Trappe Schoolhouse Monument: 0.7 mi
Spring House: 1.2 mi
Washington Revolutionary War Encampment Monument: 4.3 mi
Revolutionary War Soldier's Grave Marker: 4.3 mi

Artworks

Love Statue: 1.1 mi
Rock Snake: 6.0 mi
Eternal Flame: 6.1 mi
Sacrifice and Devotion: 6.4 mi
Cannon: 6.4 mi

Attractions

Swamp White Oak: 1.9 mi
Pawling Sycamore: 5.7 mi
The Training Center - WC Eagles: 5.8 mi
Star Redoubt: 6.3 mi
Varnum's Quarters: 6.3 mi

Nature reserves

Gardens

Phoenixville Community Garden: 4.0 mi
P D Home & Garden: 4.9 mi
Bishop White Courtyard: 6.3 mi
Let's Cultivate Food: 7.6 mi
Upper Merion Community Garden at Sunny Hill Farm: 8.4 mi

Peaks

Spring Mountain: 5.4 mi
Mount Joy: 7.1 mi
Mount Misery: 7.1 mi
Diamond Rock Hill: 8.0 mi
Sheep Hill: 10.2 mi

Picnic sites39

Meadows Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
Pavilion 1: 4.8 mi
Betzwood Trailhead: 6.4 mi
Sweinhart Pavilion: 12.3 mi
Park Pavillion #2: 13.0 mi

Springs8

Magnesium Spring: 9.9 mi
West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 10.0 mi
Sulphur Spring: 10.0 mi
Yellow Spring: 10.0 mi
Baptism Creek Spring: 14.4 mi

Ghost towns3

Cliffs3

Monkey Rock: 9.9 mi
Millers Point: 14.5 mi
Pinnacle Point: 17.7 mi

Rest areas2

King of Prussia Service Plaza: 9.0 mi
309 Truck Stop: 21.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Tank. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gap Hill	NNW 337°	349 m	20.9 mi
Long Hill	NW 312°	332 m	15.9 mi
Fancy Hill	NW 308°	331 m	15.1 mi
Sand Hill	NW 312°	318 m	14.5 mi
Williams Hill	W 272°	306 m	17.7 mi
Chestnut Hill	W 277°	305 m	14.9 mi
Thomas Hill	W 267°	295 m	16.9 mi
Mengle Hill	NW 310°	292 m	16.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:06	18:38	19:14
June solstice	05:33	19:55	20:36
September equinox	06:50	18:25	19:01
December solstice	07:22	15:57	16:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	30	32	40	51	61	70	75	73	65	54	44	35
Precip in	3.3	2.6	3.9	3.8	4.0	4.2	5.0	4.6	4.9	4.5	3.4	4.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Graterford 1 E, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1213400738

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