National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum
National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Fancy Hill stands 331 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Gateway Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Exton Bypass passes 8.3 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Admission times are at 10 am, 12:30 pm, & 2:30 pm. Grounds are open daily, sunrise to sunset. Add-on excursions inside Terracina (1850) or Graystone Mansion (1889) are $5 each.
The story
museum in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States
Wikidata Q110490621, matched on coordinates and name (251 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 9.3 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 13.8 mi off the Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gateway Park: 0.1 mi
- Ash Park: 0.3 mi
- Swing Park: 0.7 mi
- Millview Park: 0.7 mi
- Victor Abdala, Sr. Park: 0.9 mi
- Old Dam Area: 3.3 mi
- Hexagonal Schoolhouse: 3.8 mi
- Star Gazers' stone: 5.6 mi
- Roger Hunt Mill Ruins: 6.2 mi
- Downingtown Area Veterans Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Laurels Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Sadsbury Woods Preserve: 5.0 mi
- ChesLen Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Harmony Hill Nature Area: 7.2 mi
- Skelp Level Park: 7.6 mi
- Jim Croce's Apartment: 6.8 mi
- Peirce-du Pont House: 10.9 mi
- Antique Ice Tool Museum: 11.3 mi
- Chester County History Center: 11.6 mi
- Rough and Tumble Historical Association: 12.2 mi
- Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge: 9.1 mi
- Historic Pump Room & Gallery: 10.9 mi
- Longwood Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Mast Farms' Corn Maze: 12.5 mi
- Welkinweir: 14.1 mi
- Culp's Clearing: 4.4 mi
- Bonsai Courtyard: 10.7 mi
- Waterlily Display: 10.7 mi
- Green Wall: 10.7 mi
- Orchid House: 10.7 mi
- Harmony Hill: 7.7 mi
- Gap Hill: 9.5 mi
- Welsh Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Osborne Hill: 12.1 mi
- Thomas Hill: 13.6 mi
- Chloe and Lucinda: 10.8 mi
- Frederick Douglass Statue: 12.1 mi
- Statue of Mary: 16.8 mi
- St. Augustine Statue: 16.9 mi
- Jakes Country Trading Post: 17.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Park Pavillion #3: 14.0 mi
- Park Pavillion #2: 14.0 mi
- Leaman Place Junction: 15.4 mi
- Sweinhart Pavilion: 17.1 mi
- Yellow Spring: 13.3 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 13.4 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 13.4 mi
- Micajah Posey Spring: 14.6 mi
- Baptism Creek Spring: 16.4 mi
- Milford Mills: 7.6 mi
- Darling: 19.5 mi
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 20.5 mi
- Glenville: 21.0 mi
- Millers Point: 17.4 mi
- Old Quarry Pit: 21.9 mi
- Monkey Rock: 24.2 mi
- Indian Rock: 24.6 mi
- Willow Hill Covered Bridge: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fancy Hill | NNE 15° | 331 m | 24.6 mi |
| Welsh Mountain | NNW 330° | 313 m | 10.9 mi |
| Williams Hill | N 2° | 306 m | 15.2 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 12° | 305 m | 16.8 mi |
| Thomas Hill | N 6° | 295 m | 13.6 mi |
| Brush | N 7° | 288 m | 16.9 mi |
| Silver Hill | NNW 331° | 283 m | 15.8 mi |
| Gibraltar Hill | N 350° | 283 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:59 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coatesville 2 W, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1132635803
Day trips start here
- Chester County · 4 mi
- Downingtown · 7 mi
- Honey Brook · 9 mi
- Exton · 11 mi
- Kennett Square · 11 mi
- West Grove · 11 mi
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