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Fort Necessity Visitor Center

Fort Necessity Visitor Center from directly overhead

Fort Necessity Visitor Center is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 563 m. Pine Swamp Knob stands 944 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Necessity, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Pennsylvania runs past it.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates39.81414, -79.58618

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Wharton Township Recreational Park: 1.4 mi
  • Braddock's Grave - Fort Necessity National Battlefield: 1.5 mi
  • Izaac Walton Park, Uniontown Chapter: 1.7 mi
  • Lafayette Square: 1.9 mi
  • The Chateau Terrace: 1.9 mi
Historic sites: 23
  • Fort Necessity: 0.2 mi
  • Braddock's Grave: 1.5 mi
  • Brownfield Honor Roll: 7.3 mi
  • P&LE Dickerson Run roundhouse: 16.7 mi
  • Metal Shack: 18.7 mi
Museums: 14
  • Mt. Washington Tavern: 0.3 mi
  • Speyer Gallery: 9.0 mi
  • Cole and Coke Heritage Center: 9.9 mi
  • Fayette Historical Society - Abel Colley Tavern and Museum: 15.6 mi
  • Albert Gallatin House: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Wharton Furnace: 2.9 mi
  • Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center: 5.2 mi
  • Flatrock: 5.9 mi
  • Fallingwater: 8.9 mi
  • Laurel Ridge State Park XC Skiing Concession Building: 15.1 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Waterfalls: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Metal Sculpture: 2.3 mi
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 9.5 mi
  • Albert Gallatin Statue: 18.5 mi
  • Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 21.3 mi
  • From The Mountain: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Cool Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Paterson Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Kooser Spring: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Cucumber Run Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Tharp Knob Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • The Chateau Gardens: 2.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Fort Necessity Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine Swamp KnobSSE 168°944 m18.1 mi
Fike HillSSE 165°943 m17.4 mi
Whites KnobSSE 161°899 m18.8 mi
Ginseng HillSSE 150°872 m20.2 mi
Rich HillESE 117°866 m16.3 mi
Elder HillSE 145°862 m17.6 mi
Gap HillSSE 150°844 m18.7 mi
Packhorse MountainESE 106°843 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:31
June solstice05:5120:1020:51
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3716:1516:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736475664676659493830
Precip in4.64.15.04.75.25.74.64.54.73.84.14.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chalk Hill 2 ENE, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1040682388

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