Fort Mifflin
Fort Mifflin is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. Blue Route passes 6.9 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dates from 1771.
Wikidata Q3077947, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- ~1775
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Blue Route
- 19.6 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 19.6 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Mifflin: 0.0 mi
- Red Bank Battlefield: 1.2 mi
- Red Bank Battlefield Park: 1.3 mi
- Red Bank Battlefield: 1.3 mi
- Soupy Island: 1.9 mi
- Fort Mercer: 1.2 mi
- Red Bank Battle Monument: 1.3 mi
- Christopher Greene Monument: 1.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Stephen Girard: 3.5 mi
- The James & Ann Whitall House: 1.2 mi
- Gloucester County Historical Society Museum: 4.1 mi
- The Mario Lanza Institute and Museum: 4.7 mi
- Hamilton Mansion: 4.9 mi
- Marvin Samson Center for the History of Pharmacy: 4.9 mi
- Eastwick Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden: 3.8 mi
- Water Garden: 3.9 mi
- Common Flower Garden: 3.9 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 3.9 mi
- Melville Statue: 2.3 mi
- Wilt Chamberlain: 2.8 mi
- Ed Snider Statue: 2.8 mi
- Score!: 3.0 mi
- Tackle: 3.0 mi
- Commandant's Quarters: 2.4 mi
- Italian market: 5.3 mi
- American Bandstand: 5.7 mi
- One Liberty Observation Deck: 5.8 mi
- The Universal Sphere: 5.9 mi
- Almonesson Creek Park: 7.3 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 7.5 mi
- Tall Pines State Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Marple Conservation Area: 8.6 mi
- Timber Creek Park: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
- Bird Lake Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 7.8 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 11.4 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 17.0 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 9.9 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 16.4 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 2.4 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 11.2 mi
- Darling: 13.8 mi
- Monkey Rock: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Mifflin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | NW 312° | 188 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Misery | NW 317° | 176 m | 20.2 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | W 261° | 137 m | 16.5 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 1° | 136 m | 14.0 mi |
| Hunting Hill | WNW 295° | 125 m | 13.9 mi |
| Osborne Hill | W 279° | 113 m | 21.2 mi |
| Militia Hill | N 356° | 104 m | 16.9 mi |
| Camp Hill | N 3° | 104 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Intl AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 70000554OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/50114315
Day trips start here
- Philadelphia/South · 4 mi
- Tinicum Township · 4 mi
- Woodbury · 4 mi
- Gibbstown · 5 mi
- Lansdowne · 5 mi
- Upper Darby · 5 mi
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