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Conservation Heritage Museum

Conservation Heritage Museum from directly overhead

Conservation Heritage Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Panther Head stands 473 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunfish Pond Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Pennsylvania Game Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates40.27134, -76.25014

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cannon Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Forge Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Kline Hill: 4.3 mi
  • White Oak Hill: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Toll House: 2.8 mi
  • Ephrata War Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Ephrata Unleashed Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • Womelsdorf War Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Wall of Rememberance: 8.5 mi
Parks
  • Fountain Park: 2.8 mi
  • Schaefferstown Fireman's Park: 3.3 mi
  • Heidelberg Township Park: 3.5 mi
  • Snyder Community Park: 3.6 mi
  • Schoeneck Park: 4.1 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Schaeffer Farm: 3.1 mi
  • Mother Tucker's Antiques: 6.8 mi
  • Mount Hope Mansion: 9.9 mi
  • Koziar's Christmas Village: 11.6 mi
  • Farm Life in Berks County: 11.6 mi
Nature reserves: 52
Artworks: 39
  • Winters Leadership Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Egg: 8.3 mi
  • Lion Statue: 8.5 mi
  • Santa Claus: 11.7 mi
  • Mount Gretna Outdoor Art Show: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 22
  • The Courtyard: 6.8 mi
  • Weidner Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Fern Island: 8.4 mi
  • Grow-Up Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Sunfish Pond Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
  • Red Rock Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
  • White Oak Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
  • Penryn Church Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Bortz Pavilion: 8.5 mi
Springs: 12
  • Schaefferstown Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Bethany Childrens Home Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Penryth Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Springs of Punches Run: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 1
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 12.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Acrigg's Falls: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Conservation Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Panther HeadNNW 334°473 m23.9 mi
Eagle PeakNE 36°396 m5.8 mi
Governor Dick HillW 261°350 m11.0 mi
Mount PennENE 74°342 m19.0 mi
Little MountainNW 326°337 m17.0 mi
Swope MountainNNW 329°332 m19.9 mi
Church HillENE 72°332 m22.6 mi
Spring HillW 259°331 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3619:5820:39
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2515:5916:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526271757467554435
Precip in2.62.23.33.33.44.84.23.54.73.83.13.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13903057345

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