Pennsylvania National Fire Museum
Pennsylvania National Fire Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is 4th & Dauphin Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
fire museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Wikidata Q7164014, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- 4th & Dauphin Playground: 0.1 mi
- Lenore Haas Alexander Playground: 0.1 mi
- Benjamin Olewine Playground: 0.2 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.3 mi
- Braxton Playground: 0.4 mi
- Holocaust Memorial for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: 0.6 mi
- Firefighters' Memorial Monument: 0.6 mi
- WWI Buddy Monument: 0.6 mi
- World War II U.S. Submarine Veteran Memorial: 0.8 mi
- PennDOT Workers' Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 9.4 mi
- Hershey's Chocolate World: 12.2 mi
- Candymonium: 12.3 mi
- Carrousel: 12.4 mi
- Mini Himalaya: 12.4 mi
- Shepherd: 8.3 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 8.5 mi
- Wickersham Hill: 9.9 mi
- Hawk Rock: 10.4 mi
- Third Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Andrew Curtin statue: 0.4 mi
- John F. Hartranft Statue: 1.0 mi
- The Gallery at Walnut Place: 1.1 mi
- Boies Penrose Statue: 1.1 mi
- Dance of Eternal Spring: 1.2 mi
- Susquehanna Art Museum: 0.4 mi
- Historic Harrisburg Association: 0.5 mi
- State Museum of Pennsylvania: 0.8 mi
- Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts: 1.2 mi
- National Civil War Museum: 2.0 mi
- Peffer Street Pollinator Garden: 0.1 mi
- GUI Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Atlas Street Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Wesley AME Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 0.6 mi
- McCormick Island: 2.1 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Fort Hunter Conservancy: 5.9 mi
- Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Ibberson Park: 8.0 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 3.6 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 3.6 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 4.1 mi
- Pine Springs: 10.6 mi
- Spring Creek Springs: 13.8 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 12.5 mi
- Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 18.6 mi
- Rowland Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Quitte Creek Nature Park: 20.6 mi
- Concrete Beach: 1.2 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 22.0 mi
- Rausch Gap: 21.9 mi
- Chickies Rock: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pennsylvania National Fire Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | NNE 22° | 500 m | 22.9 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NE 39° | 491 m | 17.1 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 24° | 488 m | 10.8 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | SW 235° | 488 m | 24.2 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 223° | 479 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hammonds Rocks | SW 233° | 462 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Holly | SW 233° | 459 m | 20.5 mi |
| Berry Mountain | N 11° | 435 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/360963121
Day trips start here
- York · 23 mi
- Wrightsville · 26 mi
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