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History Museum

History Museum from directly overhead

History Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Inspection Pit, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Governor Casey Byway passes 3.8 miles off.

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Coordinates41.40703, -75.67162

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kevin P. Quinn, SJ, Athletics Campus: 0.2 mi
  • Renaissance Park: 0.4 mi
  • Novembrino Park: 0.5 mi
  • Piazza dell' Arte: 0.5 mi
  • Lackawanna Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • West Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Baby Bell: 4.0 mi
  • Coon Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Montage Mountain: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 57
  • Inspection Pit: 0.0 mi
  • Mine Storage Building foundation: 0.1 mi
  • Christopher Columbus Monument: 0.4 mi
  • President William McKinley Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Medal of Honor Memorial: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves: 34
  • Montage Mountain Wildflower Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
  • Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 7.1 mi
  • Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 7.7 mi
  • Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.0 mi
  • Waverly Preserve: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 15
Museums: 14
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 9
  • Prayer Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Mulberry Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • Lower Quad: 0.8 mi
  • Upper Quad: 0.9 mi
  • Freedom Garden: 1.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Beaches: 6
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Deer Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 21.9 mi
  • Gravel Beach: 24.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Sand Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Octave Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Campbell's Ledge: 7.2 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 9.8 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 14.2 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 19.5 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Roadside Rest: 17.5 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 23.6 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillS 171°690 m12.0 mi
Salem HillNE 48°686 m14.9 mi
Pinnacle RockWNW 289°685 m4.4 mi
Pinnacle RockWNW 291°681 m4.5 mi
Big Shiney MountainS 177°664 m9.4 mi
Panther HillSSE 163°662 m10.7 mi
West MountainNNW 336°659 m3.8 mi
Bald MountainSSW 198°658 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:15
June solstice05:3019:5920:40
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:2615:5216:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506169747265534333
Precip in2.62.12.83.33.33.83.63.94.13.72.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/445922020

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