Grumblethorpe
Grumblethorpe is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Grumblethorpe Gardens, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Route passes 8.0 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 12.1 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Blue Route
- 22.2 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 23.0 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 23.9 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 24 mi
- South Overlook · 25 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 25 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grumblethorpe Gardens: 0.0 mi
- Penn Knox Garden: 0.2 mi
- Harkins Garden: 0.2 mi
- Church Lane Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Hansberry Garden & Nature Center: 0.4 mi
- Howell Park: 0.1 mi
- Gilbert Stuart Park: 0.1 mi
- Bringhurst Park: 0.2 mi
- Germantown White House: 0.2 mi
- Market Square: 0.3 mi
- Germantown White House: 0.2 mi
- Germantown Historical Society: 0.2 mi
- Black Writers Museum: 0.5 mi
- ACES Museum: 0.5 mi
- The Museum of the Miraculous Medal Shrine: 0.7 mi
- Market Square War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Battle of Germantown Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Pastorious Monument: 0.5 mi
- American War Mother and Her Sons: 0.7 mi
- Joseph Huston (1866-1940): 0.9 mi
- John Wister Statue: 0.5 mi
- Sun Ra Mosaic: 0.5 mi
- Children at Play: 1.0 mi
- Ram Statue: 1.5 mi
- Toleration Statue: 1.7 mi
- Kelpius Cave: 1.8 mi
- Laurel Hill Cemetery Gatehouse: 2.2 mi
- Adrian Balboa & Paulie Pennino: 2.2 mi
- Discovery Center at East Park Reservoir: 3.7 mi
- Harbison's Dairy Milk Bottle: 4.0 mi
- Curtis Arboretum: 3.8 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 4.0 mi
- Upper Roxborough Reservoir Park: 4.2 mi
- George A. Perley Bird Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Schuykill Center for Environmental Education: 4.7 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 3.8 mi
- Lemon Hill: 4.3 mi
- Georges Hill: 4.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 4.6 mi
- Fairmount: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Area #4: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Area #6: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Area #5: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Area #3: 1.5 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 5.5 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 13.2 mi
- Kerr Spring: 19.5 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 24.3 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 24.4 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 11.4 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 19.2 mi
- Monkey Rock: 11.5 mi
- Old Quarry: 24.9 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 13.3 mi
- Darling: 18.3 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 20.6 mi
- Gold Run: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grumblethorpe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | W 280° | 188 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Misery | WNW 284° | 176 m | 16.7 mi |
| Plumstead Hill | N 9° | 174 m | 23.9 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | NNE 19° | 158 m | 20.7 mi |
| Spring Mountain | NW 317° | 151 m | 22.2 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | NE 36° | 143 m | 24.7 mi |
| Solebury Mountain | NNE 25° | 142 m | 23.3 mi |
| Goat Hill | NNE 29° | 138 m | 24.9 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 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/774690732
Day trips start here
- Philadelphia/North · 2 mi
- Elkins Park · 4 mi
- Philadelphia/Northwest · 4 mi
- Jenkintown · 5 mi
- Narberth · 5 mi
- Philadelphia · 5 mi
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