Centre Furnace Mansion
Centre Furnace Mansion is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 304 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the southeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Centre Furnace, a historic site 0.1 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
historic house in Pennsylvania, United States
Wikidata Q5062264, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Centre County Historical Society
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
- 29.5 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Centre Furnace: 0.1 mi
- General James A. Beaver Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Faculty Cottages: 1.1 mi
- Atom First "Seen": 1.2 mi
- Pure Food Laws: 1.2 mi
- Walnut Springs Park: 0.5 mi
- Shamrock Park: 0.7 mi
- East Fairmount Park: 0.8 mi
- Lederer Park: 0.8 mi
- Slab Cabin Park: 0.8 mi
- Mount Nittany: 2.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.8 mi
- Little Flat: 5.9 mi
- Rudy Ridge: 6.3 mi
- Sand Knob: 6.4 mi
- Thompson Spring: 0.4 mi
- Walnut Spring: 0.5 mi
- Bathgate Spring: 0.5 mi
- Blue Spring: 3.1 mi
- Benner Spring: 3.2 mi
- Penn State All-Sports Museum: 0.8 mi
- The Frost Entomological Museum: 1.1 mi
- Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium: 1.2 mi
- Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum: 1.2 mi
- Turfgrass Museum: 1.4 mi
- Millbrook Marsh Nature Center: 0.5 mi
- Mill Wheel: 1.0 mi
- Lion Shrine: 1.6 mi
- Air Quality Learning and Demonstration Center: 1.9 mi
- Deeded Square Inches: 2.7 mi
- Lucy C. Lederer Statue: 0.7 mi
- We Are Sculpture: 0.8 mi
- Centennial Piglet Statue: 1.2 mi
- Old Main Sundial: 1.3 mi
- The Obelisk: 1.3 mi
- Thompson Woods Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Stony Batter Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Spring Creek Canyon: 4.1 mi
- Patton Woods Nature Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Penn State Community Garden Pollinator Garden: 0.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.5 mi
- The Giving Garden: 0.9 mi
- Schreyer Garden: 1.1 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 1.3 mi
- The Rock: 3.2 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 12.4 mi
- Buck Point: 12.8 mi
- Donation Rocks: 17.0 mi
- Hunter Rock: 17.9 mi
- Picnic Spot- Christian Fellowship Church: 8.7 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Longfellow Vista: 23.9 mi
- Karl Guss Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Black Moshannon Beach: 13.7 mi
- Kish park beach access: 19.5 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 20.4 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.5 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Centre Furnace Mansion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flat | SE 129° | 738 m | 5.9 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | ESE 118° | 733 m | 8.8 mi |
| Big Flat | SSE 153° | 732 m | 6.5 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SSE 148° | 726 m | 10.2 mi |
| Grass Mountain | SE 135° | 717 m | 8.6 mi |
| Broad Mountain | ESE 119° | 716 m | 10.4 mi |
| Bear Knob | NNW 336° | 713 m | 10.8 mi |
| Milligans Knob | SE 134° | 711 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:04 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/292618470
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