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Swigart Museum

Swigart Museum from directly overhead

Swigart Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Loop Mountain stands 750 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Keystone Sand Plant, a historic site 2.7 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes
Seasonal
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.44429, -77.94619
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Old Keystone Sand Plant: 2.7 mi
  • PA Canal Lock Remains: 2.9 mi
  • Former Empire Sand Plant: 3.1 mi
  • Former Mapleton Limestone Co & Quarry : 3.3 mi
  • old site of Tannery: 3.5 mi
Parks
  • Riverside Park: 3.6 mi
  • Detweiler Memorial Field: 4.1 mi
  • Huntingdon Little League: 4.1 mi
  • Riverside Park: 4.5 mi
  • Portstown Park: 4.7 mi
Peaks
Museums: 26
  • Mapleton Historical Society: 3.6 mi
  • Isett Heritage Museum: 4.5 mi
  • Juniata College Museum of Art: 5.3 mi
  • Lincoln Caverns: 8.0 mi
  • Kishacoquillas Valley Historical Society: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Three Crosses of Mapleton: 3.9 mi
  • Tank: 13.4 mi
  • Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal: 14.2 mi
  • Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal: 14.4 mi
  • Shavers Creek Environmental Center: 15.6 mi
Springs: 17
  • Mason Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Swarey Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Sand Springs: 15.5 mi
  • Arch Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Double Spring: 17.7 mi
Artworks: 15
Picnic sites: 11
Nature reserves: 10
Gardens: 7
  • Sculpture Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Seeds of Hope (Tyrone Community Gardens): 22.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 24.7 mi
  • Schreyer Garden: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 22.5 mi
  • Kish park beach access: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Swigart Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loop MountainW 260°750 m22.5 mi
Brush MountainWNW 288°736 m20.2 mi
Big FlatNNE 24°732 m21.0 mi
Broad MountainNNE 34°726 m19.7 mi
Grass MountainNNE 31°717 m22.3 mi
Milligans KnobNE 40°711 m21.8 mi
Butler KnobS 186°708 m10.5 mi
Round KnobSSW 206°699 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4220:0520:46
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:3216:0616:49

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/156121401

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