Historic Rock Ford Plantation
Historic Rock Ford Plantation is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Rock, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Rockford Foundation
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 18.8 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
- 21.2 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 25.1 mi off the Lower Susquehanna Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kilgore Falls · 24 mi
- King & Queen Seat · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Holly Pointe Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Windolph Landing Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Spalding Conservancy: 3.4 mi
- Shiprock Woods Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Landis Woods Park: 5.0 mi
- Holly Pointe Park: 0.8 mi
- Rocky Springs Park: 0.8 mi
- D.F. Buchmiller County Park: 0.9 mi
- South End Park: 1.0 mi
- Milburn Park: 1.0 mi
- Demuth Museum: 1.5 mi
- Lancaster Museum of Art: 1.6 mi
- The Lancaster Science Factory: 1.9 mi
- North Museum of Nature and Science: 2.4 mi
- Phillips Museum of Art: 2.5 mi
- Thaddeus Stevens Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.6 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.6 mi
- Pequea Magnetic Iron Mining Company: 6.4 mi
- Wall of Rememberance: 9.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 6.4 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 7.8 mi
- Red Hill: 7.8 mi
- Oak Hill: 8.1 mi
- Stony Hill: 8.6 mi
- Lancaster Convention Center: 1.5 mi
- Trancending Flesh: 1.8 mi
- Carousel: 2.3 mi
- Pipline Plunge: 3.6 mi
- Kite Flight: 3.7 mi
- Steinman Statue: 1.6 mi
- Transcending Flesh: 1.8 mi
- Missles Into Plowshares: 3.1 mi
- Parallel Bar Carving: 3.2 mi
- Parallel Bar Carving: 3.2 mi
- Millersville Alumni Bell Court Garden: 3.9 mi
- Grow-Up Garden: 7.1 mi
- Safe Harbor Arboretum: 7.8 mi
- Fern Island: 9.6 mi
- Psalm 23 Prayer Garden: 11.5 mi
- Indian Rock: 0.2 mi
- Trailside Wall: 9.9 mi
- Spectator Wall: 10.0 mi
- Old Quarry Pit: 11.9 mi
- ZP16: 12.3 mi
- Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
- Leaman Place Junction: 9.3 mi
- Bortz Pavilion: 9.5 mi
- Boy Scout Pavilion: 9.6 mi
- Penryn Church Grove: 13.8 mi
- Lititz Spring: 9.6 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 14.2 mi
- Donegal Spring: 15.7 mi
- Schaefferstown Spring: 19.0 mi
- Black Barren Spring: 20.3 mi
- Willow Hill Covered Bridge: 4.6 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 18.6 mi
- Kilgore Falls: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Historic Rock Ford Plantation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | NNE 14° | 396 m | 22.7 mi |
| Governor Dick Hill | NNW 331° | 350 m | 18.0 mi |
| Spring Hill | NNW 337° | 331 m | 17.0 mi |
| Cushion Peak | NNE 30° | 320 m | 22.6 mi |
| Welsh Mountain | ENE 70° | 313 m | 20.2 mi |
| Eagle Rock | N 354° | 306 m | 15.5 mi |
| Silver Hill | ENE 56° | 283 m | 20.2 mi |
| Round Top | WNW 303° | 281 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster 2 NE Filt PLT, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/335172264
Day trips start here
- Lancaster County · 2 mi
- Lancaster · 2 mi
- Strasburg · 6 mi
- Intercourse · 10 mi
- Wrightsville · 13 mi
- Honey Brook · 21 mi
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