Allentown Art Museum
Allentown Art Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Gap Hill stands 349 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Allentown Arts Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
The story
The Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley is an art museum located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1934 by a group organized by Walter Emerson Baum, a Pennsylvania impressionist painter. The museum maintains a collection of over 20,000 works of art and is a major regional art institution. The museum also maintains a library and archives containing over 16,000 titles and 40 current periodicals.
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Dates from 1934.
Wikidata Q3612510, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1937
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 19.1 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 19.2 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 21.9 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Allentown Arts Park: 0.1 mi
- Allen Park: 0.2 mi
- Alliance Park: 0.2 mi
- Clyde E. Bosket Sr. Park: 0.3 mi
- Harry A. Roberts Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Lehigh County: 0.1 mi
- Trout Hall: 0.2 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Freedom Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Mayor Samuel McHose Monument: 0.7 mi
- Dutch Hill: 1.6 mi
- Lehigh Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Jasper Cliffs: 2.9 mi
- Bauer Rock: 3.1 mi
- South Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Robert Rodale Reserve: 3.2 mi
- Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Buehler Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
- Whitehall Parkway: 5.3 mi
- Benckini Tract: 6.0 mi
- Speed Slides: 3.5 mi
- Aqua Racer: 3.6 mi
- Python Plummet: 3.6 mi
- Jumpin' Jack Splash: 3.6 mi
- Lollipop Lagoon: 3.6 mi
- Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum: 0.2 mi
- Da Vinci Science Center at PPL Pavilion: 0.4 mi
- Da Vinci Science Center: 0.4 mi
- America On Wheels Museum: 0.6 mi
- The NB Center: 1.5 mi
- Wire Mill Arboretum: 0.5 mi
- Jordan Creek Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Malcolm W. Gross Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
- The Tree of Life Memorial Grove: 3.2 mi
- The Garden of Weedin: 3.9 mi
- Court Street Arts Alley: 0.1 mi
- Arts Walk Hamilton Connector: 0.2 mi
- Victor's Lament: 2.3 mi
- Nittany Lion Mascot Statue: 4.6 mi
- Amos The Greyhound: 4.6 mi
- Parkside Pavillion: 3.7 mi
- Carousel Grove: 3.9 mi
- Food Fest Grove: 3.9 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 5.2 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 5.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 1.0 mi
- Lehigh Park Spring: 1.7 mi
- Helfrichs Spring: 2.0 mi
- Poorhouse Spring: 4.4 mi
- Stempa Spring: 15.0 mi
- Mount Washington: 14.8 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Saint Anthonys Nose: 16.8 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 20.9 mi
- Bear Mountain Overlook: 22.2 mi
- Princess Run Waterfall: 17.4 mi
- High Falls: 18.2 mi
- Wild Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 24.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 24.9 mi
- Wilson Avenue River Access: 8.5 mi
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 12.2 mi
- Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 20.1 mi
- Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 22.8 mi
- Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 24.6 mi
- Rest Area: 5.0 mi
- 309 Truck Stop: 8.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Allentown Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gap Hill | SW 223° | 349 m | 12.8 mi |
| Bauer Rock | SSE 150° | 317 m | 3.1 mi |
| Sandstone Ridge | NW 320° | 311 m | 10.5 mi |
| Flint Hill | SE 129° | 308 m | 8.1 mi |
| Gaffney Hill | E 82° | 308 m | 11.3 mi |
| Kirchberg | E 97° | 305 m | 8.1 mi |
| South Mountain | E 98° | 301 m | 4.8 mi |
| Kohlberg | ESE 108° | 294 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:56 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:55 | 16:39 |
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 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allentown Lehigh VLY Intl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/440111259
Day trips start here
- Allentown · 1 mi
- Lehigh Valley · 1 mi
- Bethlehem · 5 mi
- Emmaus · 5 mi
- Whitehall Township · 5 mi
- Hellertown · 7 mi
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