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Lemon House

Lemon House from directly overhead

Lemon House is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 711 m. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Engine House #6 Exhibit Building, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.45632, -78.55164

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 1.2 mi
  • Penn Cambria Football Field: 1.7 mi
  • Gallitzin Tunnelhill Park: 1.8 mi
  • Gallitzin Legion Park: 2.2 mi
  • Admiral Peary Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks: 47
  • Chestnut Flats: 5.8 mi
  • Red Cap Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Proctor Mountain: 7.9 mi
  • Ritchey Knob: 7.9 mi
  • Red Hill: 8.0 mi
Historic sites: 27
  • Admiral Peary Monument: 2.5 mi
  • Ashville Monumnet: 7.1 mi
  • War Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Bendel-Davis-Curtis home: 9.6 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 10.9 mi
Museums: 18
  • Galliztin Tuneels Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 5.6 mi
  • Keirn Family World War II Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Baker Mansion History Museum: 7.9 mi
  • A Quaint Corner Children's Museum & Discovery Center: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Engine House #6 Exhibit Building: 0.1 mi
  • Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 2.1 mi
  • Old Duncansville Airmail field: 6.2 mi
  • Tipton Creek Train Station: 18.1 mi
  • Theme Park Entrance: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 4
  • Gallitzin Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Weynant Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Arch Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Hundred Springs: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 21.9 mi
  • Seeds of Hope (Tyrone Community Gardens): 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue KnobS 183°953 m11.6 mi
Schaefer HeadS 183°898 m9.3 mi
Ritchey KnobSSE 168°874 m7.9 mi
Cattle KnobS 177°865 m9.2 mi
Round TopSSW 201°849 m14.4 mi
Round KnobS 182°846 m10.3 mi
Pine KnobSSE 167°824 m8.8 mi
Vickrey MountainSSW 202°821 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5019:26
June solstice05:4520:0820:49
September equinox07:0218:3719:13
December solstice07:3516:0816:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937495967717063524131
Precip in2.92.73.53.84.44.24.23.94.33.83.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altoona 3 W, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/526550809

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