Friends of the East Broad Top
Friends of the East Broad Top is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 540 m. Coot Hill stands 757 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Diehl Spring, a spring 1.9 miles away.
Museum owned and run by Friends of the East Broad Top. Formerly the East Broad Top passenger station, built in 1917.
The story
Dates from 1984.
Wikidata Q5504337, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Grave Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Round Knob: 3.3 mi
- Coles Summit: 4.2 mi
- Round Knob: 5.4 mi
- Cave Hill: 6.0 mi
- Weaver Falls Access Area: 7.3 mi
- Stonerstown Recreational Park: 7.7 mi
- Cooper Sawmill Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Harpers Memorial Park: 13.5 mi
- Martinsburg Youth Little League Field: 13.7 mi
- 0-6-0 Locomotive: 3.7 mi
- Post Office and General Store: 6.7 mi
- Cove Valley Travel Plaza: 9.3 mi
- Oregon Camp: 9.4 mi
- Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Diehl Spring: 1.9 mi
- Oak Spring: 16.9 mi
- Sand Spring: 17.6 mi
- Richmond Spring: 17.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 18.0 mi
- East Broad Top Railroad: 12.0 mi
- Rockhill Trolley Museum: 12.1 mi
- Crawford's Museum & Gift Shop: 14.2 mi
- Mapleton Historical Society: 17.1 mi
- Swigart Museum: 20.1 mi
- Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Bell Furnace Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Pavillon 4: 24.7 mi
- IRON: 12.8 mi
- The Igloo: 17.6 mi
- The Paper Trail: 21.6 mi
- Boot: 22.0 mi
- Silent Descent: 22.5 mi
- Old Cliffs: 15.3 mi
- The Little Point: 17.0 mi
- Pulpit Rocks: 23.2 mi
- Diechland Point: 23.5 mi
- Three Crosses of Mapleton: 17.2 mi
- Tank: 19.8 mi
- Old Duncansville Airmail field: 23.8 mi
- The Coffee Pot: 24.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 261: 8.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 53: 18.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 76: 20.9 mi
- Aitch: 13.4 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Friends of the East Broad Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coot Hill | W 265° | 757 m | 10.7 mi |
| Spruce Knob | WNW 292° | 751 m | 23.0 mi |
| Loop Mountain | NW 317° | 750 m | 19.4 mi |
| Big Mountain | SSE 150° | 740 m | 18.7 mi |
| Clarks Knob | ESE 115° | 709 m | 21.5 mi |
| Butler Knob | NE 46° | 708 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pulpit Hill | WNW 286° | 707 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 188° | 702 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:05 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altoona Blair CO AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/846606169
Day trips start here
- Mercersburg · 27 mi
- Chambersburg · 29 mi
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