The Colored Girls Museum
The Colored Girls Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Kay Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Blue Route passes 8.6 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
African American museum
Dates from 2015.
Wikidata Q96742105, matched on coordinates and name (4 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Blue Route
- 22.4 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 23.2 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 23.9 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 25 mi
- South Overlook · 25 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 26 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kay Park: 0.1 mi
- Happy Hollow Recreation Center: 0.1 mi
- Loudoun Park: 0.3 mi
- Nicetown Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Nicetown Park: 0.5 mi
- Tippi and Tula's Garden: 0.1 mi
- Hansberry Garden & Nature Center: 0.5 mi
- Penn Knox Garden: 0.7 mi
- Grumblethorpe Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Harkins Garden: 0.8 mi
- Stenton Mansion: 0.6 mi
- Grumblethorpe: 0.7 mi
- Germantown White House: 0.9 mi
- Germantown Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- Black Writers Museum: 1.1 mi
- Market Square War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Wakefield Tenant House Ruins: 0.9 mi
- American War Mother and Her Sons: 1.0 mi
- Battle of Germantown Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Pastorious Monument: 1.2 mi
- John Wister Statue: 1.1 mi
- Sun Ra Mosaic: 1.1 mi
- Children at Play: 1.3 mi
- Ram Statue: 1.6 mi
- Healing Wall Mural: 1.9 mi
- Laurel Hill Cemetery Gatehouse: 1.8 mi
- Adrian Balboa & Paulie Pennino: 1.8 mi
- Kelpius Cave: 2.0 mi
- Discovery Center at East Park Reservoir: 3.1 mi
- Harbison's Dairy Milk Bottle: 3.3 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 3.7 mi
- Curtis Arboretum: 4.4 mi
- Upper Roxborough Reservoir Park: 4.6 mi
- Schuykill Center for Environmental Education: 5.2 mi
- George A. Perley Bird Sanctuary: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Area #6: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Area #4: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Area #5: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Area #3: 1.8 mi
- Lemon Hill: 3.7 mi
- Fairmount: 4.0 mi
- Georges Hill: 4.1 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 4.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 5.2 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 5.6 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 13.5 mi
- Kerr Spring: 20.1 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 24.7 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 24.7 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 11.9 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 18.5 mi
- Monkey Rock: 11.9 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 12.7 mi
- Darling: 18.1 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 19.9 mi
- Gold Run: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Colored Girls Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | WNW 282° | 188 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Misery | WNW 286° | 176 m | 17.0 mi |
| Plumstead Hill | N 8° | 174 m | 24.5 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | NNE 18° | 158 m | 21.3 mi |
| Spring Mountain | NW 318° | 151 m | 22.8 mi |
| Solebury Mountain | NNE 24° | 142 m | 23.8 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | SW 236° | 137 m | 22.8 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNW 329° | 136 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6682531796
Day trips start here
- Philadelphia/North · 2 mi
- Philadelphia/Northwest · 3 mi
- Elkins Park · 4 mi
- Philadelphia/West · 4 mi
- Jenkintown · 5 mi
- Narberth · 5 mi
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