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John Fitch Steamboat Museum

John Fitch Steamboat Museum from directly overhead

John Fitch Steamboat Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Haycock Mountain stands 295 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Craven Hall, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Route passes 12 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Craven Hall Historical Society

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.19121, -75.07331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Syzmanek Park: 0.3 mi
  • Warminster Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Crooked Billet Green: 0.8 mi
  • Village Green: 0.9 mi
  • Werner Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Battle of Crooked Billet: 1.5 mi
  • Mason's Mill Dam: 2.6 mi
  • Shelmire Mill Dam: 3.1 mi
  • Bone Hill Mill: 3.4 mi
  • Langstroth Mill Complex: 3.5 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Meadowbrook Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Sustainable Wetland Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 6.6 mi
  • Woodland Gardens: 6.6 mi
  • Research Garden: 6.6 mi
Peaks: 45
  • Pebble Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Little Buckingham Mountain: 7.8 mi
  • Camp Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Fort Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Buckingham Mountain: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Shaded Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 7.2 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Old Quarry: 12.8 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 13.1 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 17.4 mi
  • Monkey Rock: 18.3 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 18.6 mi
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Gold Run: 14.5 mi
  • High Falls: 17.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haycock MountainNNW 340°295 m21.9 mi
Rock HillNW 323°256 m19.0 mi
North MountainNNW 339°251 m23.2 mi
Cressman HillNNW 336°205 m24.5 mi
Diamond Rock HillWSW 251°188 m24.3 mi
Mount MiseryWSW 252°176 m22.3 mi
Plumstead HillN 354°174 m12.7 mi
Buckingham MountainN 11°158 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:12
June solstice05:3219:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:2015:5516:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542526271767467564537

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willow Grove NAS, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/259774086

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