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Piper Aviation Museum

Piper Aviation Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Piper Aviation Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Piper Aviation Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Piper Aviation Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Piper Aviation Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Piper Aviation Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. The Winehead stands 724 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Plane, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bucktail Trail passes 0.9 miles off.

About

The story

The Piper Aviation Museum is an aviation museum at the William T. Piper Memorial Airport in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. It is focused on the history of the Piper Aircraft Corporation.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q96583162, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.13408, -77.42652

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harmon Field: 0.3 mi
  • Lock Haven Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lock Haven Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Harvey's Run Park: 0.8 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 30
Springs: 24
  • Big Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Lamey Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Big Rock Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Steel Spring: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 12
Museums: 10
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Lock Port Picnic and Boat Launch: 0.7 mi
  • St. Agnes Picnic Grounds: 1.1 mi
  • Tea Springs Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Hairy Johns PIcnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Snyder-Middleswarth Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 3
  • J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 0.8 mi
  • Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 19.9 mi
  • Red Candle Island: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Gardens: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 15.1 mi
  • Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Piper Aviation Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The WineheadS 190°724 m12.1 mi
Riansares MountainSSE 157°706 m6.2 mi
Big Kettle MountainSSW 203°688 m12.7 mi
Thick MountainSSE 168°671 m17.9 mi
Winkelblech MountainSSE 162°668 m15.7 mi
Shriner MountainSSE 162°665 m13.8 mi
Paddy MountainSSE 156°660 m18.7 mi
Jones MountainSE 126°659 m18.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:3820:0520:46
September equinox06:5818:3219:09
December solstice07:3216:0116:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496069737164524132
Precip in2.82.13.13.64.03.84.14.24.33.83.03.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lock Haven Sewage PLT, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/903868679

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