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Rockhill Trolley Museum

Rockhill Trolley Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Rockhill Trolley Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Rockhill Trolley Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Rockhill Trolley Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Rockhill Trolley Museum, a museum in Pennsylvania
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Rockhill Trolley Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Big Mountain stands 740 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is East Broad Top Railroad, a museum 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

The Rockhill Trolley Museum is a museum and heritage railway in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania that collects and restores trolley, interurban, and transit cars. Founded in 1960, the museum operates what has been historically referred to as the Shade Gap Electric Railway to demonstrate the operable pieces in its collection. "Shade Gap" refers to the name of a branch of the East Broad Top Railroad, from whom the museum leases its property. The first car acquired by the museum in 1960 is Johnstown Traction #311. Recent acquisitions include Public Service Coordinated Transport (later New Jersey Transit), Newark, NJ Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) Car #6 and Iowa Terminal Railroad Snow Sweeper #3. The museum formerly operated under its corporate name, Railways to Yesterday. It changed to its current name to acknowledge and enhance its relationship with, and provide mutual promotional support to, its hometown. The museum is open from May through October and for special holiday events. For the latter—including Easter, Pumpkin Festival in October, and Christmas in Coal Country—the museum partners with the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company, which is across the street. While the two organizations are not formally affiliated and do not cross-honor tickets, the railroad sells tickets for the combined events with the trolley museum, and the two organizations share volunteers and labor expertise.

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Wikidata Q7355286, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Limited

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.24089, -77.89869
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 38
  • Harpers Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
  • Riverside Park: 10.7 mi
  • Tuscarora Valley Heritage Days: 14.8 mi
  • Lurgan Township Recreation Center: 15.6 mi
  • Woodcock Valley Community Park: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 13
Picnic sites: 11
  • Bell Furnace Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Pavillon 4: 12.7 mi
  • Pavillon 3: 12.7 mi
  • Pavillon 2: 12.7 mi
  • Pavillon 1: 12.7 mi
Springs: 8
  • Diehl Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Oak Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Mason Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Sand Spring: 19.5 mi
Artworks: 7
  • IRON: 1.0 mi
  • The Paper Trail: 18.1 mi
  • Silent Descent: 19.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 21.2 mi
  • Mouse Rock Statue: 23.4 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 5
Attractions: 2
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Rockhill Trolley Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MountainS 186°740 m20.2 mi
Clarks KnobSSE 149°709 m15.4 mi
Butler KnobNW 315°708 m5.1 mi
Bald KnobSW 219°702 m20.6 mi
Fisher PointSW 217°701 m20.1 mi
Round KnobW 264°699 m10.0 mi
Eckenrode KnobE 97°683 m13.2 mi
Big Round TopE 85°672 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4320:0420:45
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:3116:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516169747366544334
Precip in2.82.23.13.74.43.83.83.53.93.42.93.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raystown Lake 2, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4482974197

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