America On Wheels Museum
America On Wheels Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Gap Hill stands 349 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lehigh Landing, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
America on Wheels is an over-the-road transportation museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. The 43,000 square feet (4,000 m2) museum offers over 23,000 square feet (2,100 m2) of exhibit space divided into three main galleries and several smaller exhibits. The museum houses rotating exhibits on the second floor. Also on the second floor is the HubCap Cafe, and a vehicle art gallery featuring the work of artists. The museum's collection features over 75 bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles and trucks in exhibits telling the story of people and products on the move from the days of the carriage to the vehicles of tomorrow. The museum also houses the archives of Mack Trucks.
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Dates from 2008.
Wikidata Q4742783, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 18.5 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 18.7 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 21.4 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lehigh Landing: 0.0 mi
- Fellowship East: 0.2 mi
- Bucky Boyle Park: 0.3 mi
- Canal Park: 0.5 mi
- Harry A. Roberts Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Mayor Samuel McHose Monument: 0.4 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Freedom Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Trout Hall: 0.5 mi
- Lehigh County: 0.6 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.8 mi
- Dutch Hill: 1.0 mi
- Lehigh Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Jasper Cliffs: 3.0 mi
- Bauer Rock: 3.0 mi
- South Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Robert Rodale Reserve: 3.4 mi
- Buehler Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
- Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.2 mi
- Whitehall Parkway: 5.5 mi
- Benckini Tract: 5.8 mi
- The Sun Inn: 4.1 mi
- Speed Slides: 4.1 mi
- Aqua Racer: 4.2 mi
- Python Plummet: 4.2 mi
- Jumpin' Jack Splash: 4.2 mi
- Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum: 0.6 mi
- Allentown Art Museum: 0.6 mi
- Da Vinci Science Center at PPL Pavilion: 1.0 mi
- Da Vinci Science Center: 1.0 mi
- The NB Center: 1.1 mi
- Wire Mill Arboretum: 0.7 mi
- Jordan Creek Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Malcolm W. Gross Rose Garden: 3.2 mi
- The Tree of Life Memorial Grove: 3.8 mi
- Louise W. Dimmick Colonial Garden: 3.9 mi
- Court Street Arts Alley: 0.8 mi
- Arts Walk Hamilton Connector: 0.8 mi
- Victor's Lament: 2.9 mi
- Nittany Lion Mascot Statue: 4.0 mi
- Amos The Greyhound: 4.0 mi
- Parkside Pavillion: 4.3 mi
- Carousel Grove: 4.4 mi
- Food Fest Grove: 4.5 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 4.7 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 4.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 1.5 mi
- Lehigh Park Spring: 2.2 mi
- Helfrichs Spring: 2.3 mi
- Poorhouse Spring: 5.0 mi
- Stempa Spring: 14.8 mi
- Mount Washington: 14.2 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 15.8 mi
- Saint Anthonys Nose: 16.2 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 21.4 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 22.1 mi
- Wilson Avenue River Access: 7.9 mi
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 12.5 mi
- Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 20.3 mi
- Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 23.1 mi
- Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 24.8 mi
- Princess Run Waterfall: 17.2 mi
- High Falls: 17.6 mi
- Wild Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 23.9 mi
- Rest Area: 4.4 mi
- 309 Truck Stop: 8.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of America On Wheels Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gap Hill | SW 224° | 349 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bauer Rock | SSE 161° | 317 m | 3.0 mi |
| Sandstone Ridge | NW 317° | 311 m | 10.8 mi |
| Flint Hill | SE 133° | 308 m | 7.8 mi |
| Gaffney Hill | E 83° | 308 m | 10.6 mi |
| Kirchberg | E 99° | 305 m | 7.5 mi |
| South Mountain | E 101° | 301 m | 4.3 mi |
| Kohlberg | ESE 110° | 294 m | 8.6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/449891470
Day trips start here
- Allentown · 1 mi
- Lehigh Valley · 1 mi
- Bethlehem · 4 mi
- Emmaus · 5 mi
- Whitehall Township · 5 mi
- Hellertown · 6 mi
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