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Nitre Hall

Nitre Hall from directly overhead

Nitre Hall is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Beechwood Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Blue Route passes 2.6 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Nitre Hall is a nineteenth-century, American building that is located in Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7041385, matched on coordinates and name (383 m apart).

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Coordinates39.98615, -75.28888

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beechwood Park: 0.1 mi
  • Powder Mill Valley Park: 0.2 mi
  • Brookline Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gest Tract Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wynnewood Valley Park: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Cadwalader Tract: 0.1 mi
  • Marple Conservation Area: 3.0 mi
  • Williamson Road Site: 3.2 mi
  • Black Rock Road Site: 3.3 mi
  • Idlewild Farm Preserve: 3.5 mi
Gardens
  • Wynnewood Valley Park: Garden for the Blind: 0.3 mi
  • Ryan Pinetum: 1.9 mi
  • Overbrook Environmental Education Center: 2.3 mi
  • Carol's Garden: 2.5 mi
  • The Barnes Arboretum: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Ruins of Old Mill: 0.3 mi
  • Old Haverford Friends Meeting: 0.9 mi
  • Historical Price sawmill dam?: 1.6 mi
  • Narberth War Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Narberth Public School Bell: 1.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Area 2: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 7: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 4.0 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Georges Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Lemon Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Fairmount: 5.9 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 7.7 mi
Springs: 6
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 7.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillWNW 299°188 m13.3 mi
Mount MiseryNW 306°176 m12.1 mi
Spring MountainNNW 336°151 m21.3 mi
Harmony HillW 269°146 m20.6 mi
Ebright AzimuthSW 230°137 m16.0 mi
Chestnut HillNE 34°136 m7.7 mi
Hunting HillWSW 258°125 m8.7 mi
Osborne HillWSW 256°113 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5716:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566675807872604940
Precip in3.63.34.54.04.14.84.74.94.94.13.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1687517332

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