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The Speaker's House

The Speaker's House from directly overhead

The Speaker's House is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Gap Hill stands 349 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Henry Muhlenberg House, a museum 0.1 miles away. Blue Route passes 11 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.19566, -75.46790

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Waterworks Park: 0.3 mi
  • Borough Hall Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rambo Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hunsberger Woods: 0.6 mi
  • Doctor John Price Field: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
  • Spring Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Mount Joy: 7.3 mi
  • Mount Misery: 7.4 mi
  • Diamond Rock Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Sheep Hill: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 38
Springs: 8
  • West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Magnesium Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Yellow Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Baptism Creek Spring: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • King of Prussia Service Plaza: 8.9 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of The Speaker's House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gap HillNNW 335°349 m20.8 mi
Long HillNW 310°332 m16.1 mi
Fancy HillNW 306°331 m15.3 mi
Sand HillNW 310°318 m14.7 mi
Williams HillW 271°306 m18.2 mi
Chestnut HillW 276°305 m15.3 mi
Thomas HillW 266°295 m17.4 mi
Mengle HillNW 308°292 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3319:5520:36
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2215:5716:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516170757365544435
Precip in3.32.63.93.84.04.25.04.64.94.53.44.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Graterford 1 E, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/244903878

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