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House of Oddities

House of Oddities from directly overhead

House of Oddities is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Stony Mountain stands 491 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Winters Heritage House Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.15159, -76.60632
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Winters Heritage House Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Engine House and Lincoln Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Haldeman Mansion: 5.8 mi
  • Mount Joy Historical Society: 5.9 mi
  • Marietta Restoration Associates: 7.1 mi
Parks
  • Millstone Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • The Academic Quad: 0.8 mi
  • Hickory Lane Park: 1.0 mi
  • Schreiber Quadrangle: 1.1 mi
  • Rheems Athletic Association Fields: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Indian Echo Caverns: 9.2 mi
  • The Old Hershey Chocolate Factory: 9.6 mi
  • sooperdooperLooper: 9.6 mi
  • Great Bear: 9.7 mi
  • Twin Turnpike - Speedway: 9.7 mi
Nature reserves: 53
Artworks: 51
  • Benjamin Franklin Carpenter: 1.1 mi
  • Ship Mountjoy Sculpture: 6.4 mi
  • The Promise: 8.6 mi
  • Milton S. Hershey: 9.7 mi
  • Mount Gretna Outdoor Art Show: 9.8 mi
Peaks: 39
  • Round Top: 5.8 mi
  • Schulls Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Buzzards Roost: 7.3 mi
  • Round Top: 8.0 mi
  • Chimney Rock: 9.0 mi
Gardens: 30
  • Palmyra Community Library: 9.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Historic Hershey Rose Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Bill Bowman Garden: 10.5 mi
  • George E. Stein Arboretum: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 9.7 mi
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Penryn Church Grove: 13.1 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 13.3 mi
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 15.4 mi
Springs: 9
  • Donegal Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Penryth Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Lititz Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 2
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Concrete Beach: 16.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Acrigg's Falls: 25.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of House of Oddities. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony MountainN 349°491 m22.4 mi
Third MountainNNW 330°488 m21.4 mi
Round TopNNW 348°422 m25.0 mi
Nells HillW 260°403 m18.8 mi
Round TopW 259°401 m17.2 mi
Governor Dick HillNE 51°350 m10.3 mi
Pinetown HillW 262°338 m16.6 mi
Little MountainNNE 22°337 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3819:5920:40
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2616:0116:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342536373777568564536
Precip in3.02.63.73.63.84.04.73.84.83.83.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9836646573

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