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Peter J. McGovern Museum and Official Store

Peter J. McGovern Museum and Official Store from directly overhead

Peter J. McGovern Museum and Official Store is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Laurel Mountain stands 707 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mighty Casey, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
179 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.22861, -76.98204
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Williamsport Community Park: 0.5 mi
  • Community Park: 1.4 mi
  • David Person Field: 1.7 mi
  • Brandon Park: 1.8 mi
  • Shaw Place Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Jacks Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Raccoon Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Quaker Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Scofield Mountain: 8.1 mi
  • Scofield Mountain: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 18
Historic sites: 13
  • Veteran Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Allison Crane Bulldozer Blade: 2.3 mi
  • Site of first Little League baseball game: 3.4 mi
  • Flight 800 Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • 1800's Susquehanna Log Boom Cribs: 4.6 mi
Springs: 11
  • Gibson Hollow Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Smokey Bear Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Tea Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Sand Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Big Rock Spring: 16.3 mi
Museums: 11
  • Thomas T. Taber Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Turbotville Auto Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Lewisburg Children's Museum: 19.2 mi
  • Mifflinburg Historical Society Museum: 21.8 mi
  • Mifflinburg Buggy Museum: 21.9 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Artworks: 8
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.2 mi
  • Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 15.2 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 20.7 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Gardens: 1
  • STREAM Garden: 1.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Attractions: 1
  • J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Peter J. McGovern Museum and Official Store. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laurel MountainNNW 340°707 m18.1 mi
Bodine MountainN 356°659 m17.3 mi
Cochran MountainNNW 348°658 m17.7 mi
Sugarcamp MountainN 349°653 m14.8 mi
Sharp TopNNE 22°648 m18.2 mi
Narrow MountainNNW 344°644 m14.5 mi
Green MountainNNW 331°642 m14.9 mi
Potash MountainNNE 14°640 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3620:0320:45
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:3115:5816:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139516270747366534233
Precip in3.02.43.33.63.83.94.33.84.53.73.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williamsport 2, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367974438

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