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Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium

Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium from directly overhead

Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 361 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the east-southeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Pure Food Laws, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Penn State University

How to reach it

Coordinates40.79891, -77.86367

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Foundry Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sidney Friedman Park: 0.5 mi
  • East Fairmount Park: 0.7 mi
  • Park Ave Lower Intramural Fields: 0.7 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Nittany: 3.8 mi
  • Bald Knob: 5.4 mi
  • Rudy Ridge: 5.7 mi
  • Sand Knob: 6.0 mi
  • Little Flat: 6.6 mi
Museums: 31
Springs: 31
  • Thompson Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Bathgate Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Windy Hill Farms Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Blue Spring: 3.7 mi
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 23
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 12
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Black Moshannon Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Kish park beach access: 20.0 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.6 mi
  • Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 15.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little FlatESE 119°738 m6.6 mi
Thickhead MountainESE 112°733 m9.6 mi
Big FlatSE 142°732 m6.7 mi
Broad MountainSE 141°726 m10.4 mi
Grass MountainSE 127°717 m9.1 mi
Broad MountainESE 114°716 m11.2 mi
Bear KnobNNW 342°713 m10.9 mi
Milligans KnobSE 129°711 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4120:0620:47
September equinox07:0018:3419:10
December solstice07:3316:0416:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068727063524132
Precip in2.92.53.43.53.64.13.84.23.93.53.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12922465203

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