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Caernarvon Historical Society and Museum

Caernarvon Historical Society and Museum from directly overhead

Caernarvon Historical Society and Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Welsh Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Exton Bypass passes 17 miles off.

Visits at other times can be arranged by appointment, call Historian Yvonne Styer

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.13381, -75.95791

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Welsh Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Silver Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Dry Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Thomas Hill: 9.0 mi
Attractions
  • Mast Farms' Corn Maze: 2.5 mi
  • Cornfields: 7.6 mi
  • AAA Buggy Rides: 10.3 mi
  • Kitchen Kettle Village: 10.4 mi
  • Graffitti Tree: 10.7 mi
Parks
  • Money Rocks County Park: 3.2 mi
  • Honey Brook Borough Park: 3.5 mi
  • Caernarvon Township Park: 4.0 mi
  • Honey Brook Township Park: 4.1 mi
  • Bowmansville Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Zion African Union Church Ruins: 6.2 mi
  • Edgar Beck Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • ELANCO Veterans Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Groff Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • Old Dam Area: 9.7 mi
Museums: 59
  • New Holland Area Historical Society: 7.1 mi
  • Barry's Car Barn: 10.5 mi
  • Rough and Tumble Historical Association: 10.5 mi
  • Berks County Military History Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Mascot Roller Mills: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 45
Artworks: 32
  • Winters Leadership Memorial: 12.1 mi
  • Jakes Country Trading Post: 13.1 mi
  • Troy: 13.4 mi
  • Hayden: 13.4 mi
  • Boy with Gulls: 13.4 mi
Springs: 13
  • Micajah Posey Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Springs of Punches Run: 9.7 mi
  • Baptism Creek Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Mammoth Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Yellow Spring: 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Leaman Place Junction: 12.1 mi
  • Park Pavillion #3: 12.7 mi
  • Park Pavillion #2: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
  • Sweinhart Pavilion: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Caernarvon Historical Society and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakNW 320°396 m18.5 mi
Mount PennN 11°342 m15.0 mi
Church HillNNE 21°332 m17.4 mi
Long HillNE 43°332 m20.0 mi
Fancy HillNE 45°331 m18.9 mi
Deer Path HillNNE 13°326 m17.5 mi
Irish MountainN 10°323 m20.2 mi
Cushion PeakNNW 333°320 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3519:5620:37
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2315:5916:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293240516169747265544435

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hopewell Morgantown, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/586380401

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