The Frost Entomological Museum
The Frost Entomological Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 364 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the east-southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
natural history museum in PA, Pennsylvania
Dates from 1969.
Wikidata Q20807564, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 17.5 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Faculty Cottages: 0.2 mi
- Pure Food Laws: 0.3 mi
- Atom First "Seen": 0.3 mi
- Lt. Michael P. Murphy Penn State Veterans Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Old Main: 0.4 mi
- Park Ave Lower Intramural Fields: 0.4 mi
- Upper Intramural Fields: 0.5 mi
- Blue Band Practice IM Fields: 0.5 mi
- Foundry Park: 0.6 mi
- Sunset Park: 0.7 mi
- Mount Nittany: 3.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 5.5 mi
- Rudy Ridge: 6.0 mi
- Sand Knob: 6.3 mi
- Little Flat: 6.7 mi
- Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum: 0.2 mi
- Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium: 0.3 mi
- Matson Museum of Anthropology: 0.5 mi
- EMS Museum and Art Gallery: 0.6 mi
- Penn State All-Sports Museum: 0.7 mi
- Thompson Spring: 0.8 mi
- Walnut Spring: 1.1 mi
- Bathgate Spring: 1.4 mi
- Windy Hill Farms Spring: 3.1 mi
- Blue Spring: 3.8 mi
- Six Bends III: 0.3 mi
- Man in the Woods: 0.4 mi
- Joel N. Meyers Sundial: 0.4 mi
- Childhood's Gate: 0.4 mi
- Gyroscope: 0.4 mi
- Lion Shrine: 0.5 mi
- Air Quality Learning and Demonstration Center: 1.0 mi
- Mill Wheel: 1.1 mi
- Millbrook Marsh Nature Center: 1.5 mi
- Columbus Chapel: 3.6 mi
- Thompson Woods Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Stony Batter Natural Area: 3.2 mi
- Patton Woods Nature Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Haugh Family Farm Open Space: 3.7 mi
- Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 0.3 mi
- Bee and Pollinator Garden: 0.4 mi
- Schreyer Garden: 0.4 mi
- Penn State Community Garden Pollinator Garden: 0.9 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.5 mi
- The Rock: 3.9 mi
- Buck Point: 12.6 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 13.3 mi
- Donation Rocks: 16.5 mi
- Hunter Rock: 17.6 mi
- Picnic Spot- Christian Fellowship Church: 7.6 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Longfellow Vista: 24.1 mi
- Karl Guss Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Black Moshannon Beach: 12.9 mi
- Kish park beach access: 20.1 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 21.0 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.4 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of The Frost Entomological Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flat | ESE 122° | 738 m | 6.7 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | ESE 114° | 733 m | 9.7 mi |
| Big Flat | SE 144° | 732 m | 6.9 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SE 142° | 726 m | 10.6 mi |
| Grass Mountain | SE 129° | 717 m | 9.2 mi |
| Broad Mountain | ESE 115° | 716 m | 11.2 mi |
| Bear Knob | NNW 342° | 713 m | 10.6 mi |
| Milligans Knob | SE 130° | 711 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:04 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4153603432
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