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Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum

Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum from directly overhead

Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 368 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the east-southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Pure Food Laws, a historic site 0.1 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences

How to reach it

Coordinates40.80042, -77.86456

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Foundry Park: 0.5 mi
  • Park Ave Lower Intramural Fields: 0.6 mi
  • Upper Intramural Fields: 0.6 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sidney Friedman Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Nittany: 3.8 mi
  • Bald Knob: 5.5 mi
  • Rudy Ridge: 5.8 mi
  • Sand Knob: 6.1 mi
  • Little Flat: 6.7 mi
Museums: 31
Springs: 31
  • Thompson Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Bathgate Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Windy Hill Farms Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Blue Spring: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 23
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 12
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Black Moshannon Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Kish park beach access: 20.1 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.5 mi
  • Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 15.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little FlatESE 120°738 m6.7 mi
Thickhead MountainESE 113°733 m9.7 mi
Big FlatSE 142°732 m6.8 mi
Broad MountainSE 141°726 m10.5 mi
Grass MountainSE 128°717 m9.2 mi
Broad MountainESE 114°716 m11.3 mi
Bear KnobNNW 343°713 m10.8 mi
Milligans KnobSE 129°711 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4120:0620:47
September equinox07:0018:3419:10
December solstice07:3316:0416:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068727063524132
Precip in2.92.53.43.53.64.13.84.23.93.53.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12922429176

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