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Baker Mansion History Museum

Baker Mansion History Museum from directly overhead

Baker Mansion History Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 343 m. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tuckahoe Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
Baker Mansion

How to reach it

Coordinates40.49011, -78.40853

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tuckahoe Park: 0.3 mi
  • Tuckahoe Park: 0.5 mi
  • Tuckahoe park: 0.5 mi
  • Tuckahoe Park: 0.5 mi
  • Field: 0.6 mi
Peaks: 56
  • Red Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Chestnut Flats: 4.3 mi
  • Chimney Rocks: 5.0 mi
  • Brush Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Loop Mountain: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 20
  • A Quaint Corner Children's Museum & Discovery Center: 1.3 mi
  • Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 1.8 mi
  • Galliztin Tuneels Museum: 7.5 mi
  • Lemon House: 7.9 mi
  • Keirn Family World War II Museum: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Old Duncansville Airmail field: 5.5 mi
  • Engine House #6 Exhibit Building: 7.8 mi
  • Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 9.7 mi
  • Tank: 11.1 mi
  • Tipton Creek Train Station: 11.4 mi
Springs: 8
  • Gallitzin Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Arch Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Weynant Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Hundred Springs: 15.7 mi
  • Mason Spring: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Artworks: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 5
Gardens: 2
  • Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Seeds of Hope (Tyrone Community Gardens): 15.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue KnobSSW 210°953 m16.1 mi
Schaefer HeadSW 214°898 m14.1 mi
Ritchey KnobSSW 210°874 m11.6 mi
Cattle KnobSSW 212°865 m13.5 mi
Round TopSW 219°849 m20.3 mi
Round KnobSSW 212°846 m14.9 mi
Pine KnobSSW 207°824 m12.3 mi
Vickrey MountainSW 225°821 m15.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:26
June solstice05:4420:0720:48
September equinox07:0218:3719:13
December solstice07:3416:0716:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937495967717063524131
Precip in2.92.73.53.84.44.24.23.94.33.83.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altoona 3 W, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/539302711

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