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Golden Age Air Museum

Golden Age Air Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Golden Age Air Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Big Lick Mountain stands 545 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Rehrersburg Lions Park, a park 2.4 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off.

About

The story

The Golden Age Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Grimes Airport in Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is focused on the Golden Age of Aviation.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q85717587, matched on coordinates and name (271 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
180 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.48766, -76.26817
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rehrersburg Lions Park: 2.4 mi
  • Rehrersburg Lions Park: 2.4 mi
  • Frystown Park: 4.3 mi
  • Frystown Lions Park: 4.3 mi
  • Strausstown Lions Park: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Camp Blue Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Summerhill: 4.9 mi
  • Swatara Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Summer Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Little Mountain: 8.6 mi
Attractions
  • Christmas Village Railroad: 8.1 mi
  • Merry Christmas from the Land of Oz: 8.1 mi
  • Ice Skating Rink: 8.1 mi
  • Winter... in the City on the Farm and in the Mountains: 8.1 mi
  • Koziar's Christmas Village: 8.1 mi
Museums: 36
Nature reserves: 35
Artworks: 30
  • Santa Claus: 8.1 mi
  • "Hot Dog" Frank statue: 16.8 mi
  • Cuewe-Pehelle Statue: 16.9 mi
  • Sculpture Plaza: 17.2 mi
  • Der Distelfink Statue: 17.2 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Weidner Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Hamburg Community Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Castle Green Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Saint Paul's Community Labyrinth: 16.5 mi
  • Peace Garden: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Ampitheater: 10.4 mi
  • Swing Circle: 10.6 mi
  • Main Campfire Circle: 10.7 mi
  • White Oak Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Sunfish Pond Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Springs: 11
  • Pine Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Bethany Childrens Home Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Schaefferstown Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Pocahontas Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Penryth Spring: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Acrigg's Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Swatara Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Un-named Falls: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Golden Age Air Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Lick MountainWNW 295°545 m18.2 mi
Ashland MountainN 359°530 m20.3 mi
Broad MountainNNE 18°518 m21.3 mi
Good Spring MountainNW 308°500 m15.8 mi
The PinnacleENE 65°498 m20.6 mi
Dans PulpitNE 55°497 m20.6 mi
Bear MountainWNW 296°496 m20.1 mi
Stony MountainW 267°491 m22.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3619:5920:40
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2615:5916:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170747366544334
Precip in3.12.53.63.74.04.54.94.64.64.13.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon 2 W, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1293323575

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