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Barry's Car Barn

Barry's Car Barn from directly overhead

Barry's Car Barn is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 131 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kitchen Kettle Village, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.03760, -76.11046

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Intercourse Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Paradise Community Park: 2.0 mi
  • Denlinger Pond: 2.2 mi
  • Mascot Park: 3.0 mi
  • Cherry Crest Adventure Farm: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • ELANCO Veterans Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Groff Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Edgar Beck Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Thaddeus Stevens Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Zion African Union Church Ruins: 10.0 mi
Museums: 58
Peaks: 52
  • Dry Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Oak Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Gap Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Stony Hill: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Kitchen Kettle Village: 0.2 mi
  • AAA Buggy Rides: 0.2 mi
  • Eshleman's Mill covered bridge: 1.8 mi
  • Herr's Mill covered bridge: 3.3 mi
  • The Li'l Country Store and: 3.9 mi
Artworks: 28
  • Jakes Country Trading Post: 2.6 mi
  • Missles Into Plowshares: 7.1 mi
  • Parallel Bar Carving: 7.1 mi
  • Parallel Bar Carving: 7.1 mi
  • William Penn: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 16
Picnic sites: 12
  • Leaman Place Junction: 2.3 mi
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 12.4 mi
  • Bortz Pavilion: 13.4 mi
  • Boy Scout Pavilion: 13.5 mi
  • White Oak Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Old Quarry Pit: 9.1 mi
  • Indian Rock: 9.3 mi
  • ZP16: 17.6 mi
  • ZP34: 17.8 mi
  • ZP37: 17.9 mi
Springs: 9
  • Black Rock Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Springs of Punches Run: 18.2 mi
  • Micajah Posey Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Schaefferstown Spring: 20.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakN 349°396 m21.2 mi
Governor Dick HillNW 308°350 m23.2 mi
Mount PennNNE 27°342 m24.0 mi
Spring HillNW 312°331 m21.6 mi
Cushion PeakN 6°320 m18.5 mi
Welsh MountainENE 60°313 m11.1 mi
Eagle RockNW 322°306 m17.9 mi
Williams HillNE 54°306 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3619:5720:38
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2416:0016:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341536372767567564536
Precip in3.32.84.13.63.54.54.44.34.94.63.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Holland 2 SE, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1448498353

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