National Watch and Clock Museum
National Watch and Clock Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 98 m. Nells Hill stands 403 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Hill Experience, a museum 0.3 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The National Watch and Clock Museum (NWCM), located in Columbia, Pennsylvania, is one of a very few museums in the United States dedicated solely to horology, which is the history, science and art of timekeeping and timekeepers. Like its subsidiary institution, the NAWCC Library & Research Center, the National Watch and Clock Museum is operated by the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC), a non-profit organization with about 10,000 members and an educational mission.
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Dates from 1977.
Wikidata Q15261155, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway
- 29.9 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- Kilgore Falls · 24 mi
- King & Queen Seat · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Hill Experience: 0.3 mi
- First National Bank Museum: 0.5 mi
- Burning Of The Bridge Diorama: 1.6 mi
- Musselman/Vesta Furnace Office Building: 2.3 mi
- Marietta Restoration Associates: 3.0 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.4 mi
- Jansen Park: 0.5 mi
- Columbia River Park: 0.6 mi
- Glatfelter Memorial Field: 0.9 mi
- Riverfront Park: 1.5 mi
- Wilton Meadows Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Highpoint Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
- Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Native Lands Park: 4.0 mi
- Robert A. Kinsley Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Haines Shoe House: 7.6 mi
- Bounce Kraze: 9.6 mi
- Carousel: 10.1 mi
- Trancending Flesh: 10.2 mi
- Lancaster Convention Center: 10.4 mi
- Ship Mountjoy Sculpture: 5.0 mi
- Benjamin Franklin Carpenter: 9.3 mi
- Transcending Flesh: 10.2 mi
- Steinman Statue: 10.3 mi
- Looking Back: 12.8 mi
- Round Top: 2.6 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 3.8 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 4.1 mi
- Buzzards Roost: 5.0 mi
- Chimney Rock: 5.5 mi
- Old Trolley Line Bridge: 1.8 mi
- Old Trolley Line: 2.3 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 10.4 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 10.4 mi
- Thaddeus Stevens Memorial: 11.3 mi
- George E. Stein Arboretum: 3.8 mi
- Millersville Alumni Bell Court Garden: 8.3 mi
- Safe Harbor Arboretum: 9.5 mi
- Fern Island: 13.2 mi
- Grow-Up Garden: 14.4 mi
- Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 8.5 mi
- Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Boy Scout Pavilion: 13.0 mi
- Bortz Pavilion: 13.1 mi
- Penryn Church Grove: 13.8 mi
- Chickies Rock: 1.6 mi
- Spectator Wall: 6.5 mi
- Trailside Wall: 6.7 mi
- Indian Rock: 11.6 mi
- ZP35: 16.1 mi
- Donegal Spring: 5.6 mi
- Lititz Spring: 13.0 mi
- Spring Creek Springs: 18.4 mi
- Penryth Spring: 20.2 mi
- Schaefferstown Spring: 21.0 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 14.5 mi
- Willow Hill Covered Bridge: 15.9 mi
- Kilgore Falls: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of National Watch and Clock Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nells Hill | W 281° | 403 m | 24.5 mi |
| Round Top | WNW 282° | 401 m | 22.9 mi |
| Governor Dick Hill | N 10° | 350 m | 14.7 mi |
| Pinetown Hill | WNW 284° | 338 m | 22.6 mi |
| Spring Hill | NNE 18° | 331 m | 15.2 mi |
| Flat Mountain | WNW 283° | 327 m | 23.8 mi |
| Ramsey Hill | WNW 283° | 321 m | 20.9 mi |
| Huntrick Hill | SW 223° | 310 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:58 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Landisville 2 NW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Wrightsville · 2 mi
- Lancaster · 10 mi
- Lancaster County · 13 mi
- York · 13 mi
- Strasburg · 18 mi
- Intercourse · 21 mi
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