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AACA Museum

AACA Museum from directly overhead

AACA Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Big Lick Mountain stands 545 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Patriot Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
AACA Musuem, Inc.
Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.29827, -76.69017

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Patriot Park: 0.2 mi
  • Greenbriar Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hanshue Park: 0.7 mi
  • Swatara Creek Park: 0.9 mi
  • Boathouse Park: 1.5 mi
Attractions
Historic sites: 59
Peaks: 48
Museums: 46
  • Education Center: 1.8 mi
  • The Hershey Story: 2.2 mi
  • Hummelstown Area Historical Society Library & Office: 2.5 mi
  • Pennsylvania State Police Historical, Educational, & Memorial Center: 2.6 mi
  • Kinderhaus: 3.7 mi
Artworks: 41
  • The Boy with the Leaking Boot: 1.7 mi
  • Girl Chasing Butterflies: 1.7 mi
  • Winter: 1.9 mi
  • Fall: 1.9 mi
  • Spring: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves: 31
Gardens: 26
  • Bill Bowman Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Historic Hershey Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Northside Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Palmyra Community Library: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 2.0 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 9.8 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 9.9 mi
  • Main Campfire Circle: 15.1 mi
  • Swing Circle: 15.2 mi
Springs: 9
  • Spring Creek Springs: 3.2 mi
  • Penryth Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Pine Springs: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Concrete Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 11.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Acrigg's Falls: 17.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Lick MountainNNE 15°545 m21.6 mi
Short MountainN 355°500 m19.7 mi
Good Spring MountainNNE 23°500 m24.8 mi
Bear MountainN 11°496 m22.1 mi
Stony MountainN 1°491 m11.8 mi
Third MountainNW 323°488 m10.5 mi
Panther HeadNNE 33°473 m23.4 mi
Berry MountainNNW 336°435 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3820:0020:41
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2716:0116:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342536373777568564536
Precip in3.02.63.73.63.84.04.73.84.83.83.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/443630539

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