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Lock Ridge Furnace Museum

Lock Ridge Furnace Museum from directly overhead

Lock Ridge Furnace Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 128 m. Topton Mountain stands 378 m to the west-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lock Ridge Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.

About

The story

historic buildings in Alburtis, Pennsylvania, United States

Wikidata Q139744519, matched on coordinates and name (4 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
128 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.50887, -75.59383
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lock Ridge Park: 0.1 mi
  • The Hills at Lockridge: 0.3 mi
  • Walbert's Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • The Playground of Adventures: 0.4 mi
  • Alburtis Park: 0.5 mi
Museums: 60
  • Alburtis Lock Ridge Historical Society: 0.2 mi
  • Emmaus Historical Society: 5.8 mi
  • Museum of Indian Culture: 5.8 mi
  • Mack Trucks Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Saint Pio of Pietrelcina Museum: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Zephyr Railroad: 5.6 mi
  • Cedar Creek Flyers: 5.6 mi
  • Zephyr Railroad: 5.6 mi
  • Steel Force: 5.7 mi
  • Revolution: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 38
Artworks: 34
  • Emma: 5.7 mi
  • Victor's Lament: 7.5 mi
  • Arts Walk Hamilton Connector: 9.2 mi
  • Court Street Arts Alley: 9.2 mi
  • Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Food Fest Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Carousel Grove: 5.8 mi
  • Parkside Pavillion: 6.0 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 14.5 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 14.5 mi
Springs: 14
  • Poorhouse Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Peters Creek Spring: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 3
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 16.7 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 17.1 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • 309 Truck Stop: 11.2 mi
  • Rest Area: 14.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • High Falls: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Lock Ridge Furnace Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Topton MountainWSW 245°378 m5.1 mi
Gap HillSW 217°349 m3.5 mi
Long HillSSW 207°332 m12.5 mi
Fancy HillSSW 205°331 m13.9 mi
Donats PeakNW 307°331 m15.8 mi
Spitzenberg HillWNW 294°322 m15.4 mi
Sand HillSSW 201°318 m13.0 mi
Bauer RockENE 65°317 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3319:5620:37
September equinox06:5118:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506069747265534334
Precip in3.42.83.94.13.84.55.44.44.84.33.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rodale Rsch CTR, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/357369011

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