Skip to content

Knoebels Carousel Museum

Knoebels Carousel Museum from directly overhead

Knoebels Carousel Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Bears Head stands 634 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Paradrop, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.87937, -76.50568

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cara Park: 5.3 mi
  • Marion Heights Park: 5.5 mi
  • Ralph Wolfgang Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
  • Numedia Park: 5.7 mi
  • Terry / Miriello Stadium: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 59
  • Shamokin Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Big Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Blue Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Mahanoy Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Bald Top: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Paradrop: 0.0 mi
  • Tilt-A-Whirl: 0.0 mi
  • Tea Cups: 0.0 mi
  • Super Round-Up: 0.0 mi
  • Cosmotron: 0.0 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • Saint Mary's Roman Catholic School: 5.5 mi
  • Silkmill Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Silkmill bell: 6.7 mi
  • The Price of War: 6.8 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 20
Museums: 16
Nature reserves: 15
Gardens: 5
  • Hughes Memorial Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Butterfly Gardens: 14.9 mi
  • Castle Green Garden: 17.2 mi
  • Saint Paul's Community Labyrinth: 20.2 mi
  • Tripollinator Garden: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 13.8 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 14.4 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 16.0 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • C. Q. McWilliams Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Memorial Class Of 1916: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Un-named Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Swatara Falls: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Eagle Rock Beach: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bears HeadE 95°634 m22.4 mi
Buck MountainENE 72°592 m16.3 mi
Catawissa MountainENE 75°571 m10.2 mi
Blue HeadE 90°557 m22.2 mi
Round HeadE 88°556 m22.6 mi
Big MountainESE 123°552 m6.8 mi
Big Lick MountainSSW 192°545 m19.8 mi
South Buck MountainENE 76°539 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3520:0020:42
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2815:5816:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506068737064524233
Precip in3.52.53.74.34.24.84.44.15.24.33.53.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bear GAP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5849454885

More museums in Pennsylvania

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Knoebels Carousel Museum.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens