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Moonshot Museum

Moonshot Museum from directly overhead

Moonshot Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Quakers Knob stands 443 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is McKnight Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2022-10-15
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.45026, -80.02021
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McKnight Park: 0.2 mi
  • War Streets Parklet: 0.5 mi
  • West Park: 0.5 mi
  • Alpine Gardens Park: 0.6 mi
  • Manchester Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Monument Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Herron Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Mt. Thornburg: 3.9 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • The Builders: 0.9 mi
  • The Forks: 0.9 mi
  • Mythic Source: 0.9 mi
  • Mythic Source: 0.9 mi
  • Pittsburgh Variations: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 1.2 mi
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 1.5 mi
  • The Saddle: 1.7 mi
  • St John's Green: 2.1 mi
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 3.2 mi
Museums: 57
Gardens: 55
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 3.6 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 8.2 mi
  • Grove: 8.9 mi
  • picnic tables: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 7
  • Thornburg Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.8 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 17.8 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Snake Run: 19.7 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 21.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Moonshot Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quakers KnobWSW 250°443 m21.8 mi
Big KnobNNW 333°423 m21.0 mi
Hannas KnobSSW 211°417 m16.5 mi
Pollocks KnobSSE 165°407 m14.1 mi
Herron HillE 84°384 m3.3 mi
Bunker HillNW 309°375 m19.8 mi
Rich HillNE 46°365 m13.1 mi
Mt. SycamoreENE 71°229.2 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5120:1320:55
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4116:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270757366554435
Precip in3.42.83.23.23.53.53.63.23.22.82.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emsworth L/D Ohio RVR, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/10270169543

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