- Elevation, modelled
- 337 m
- Tallest summit within 24.9 miles
- Portersville Hill445 m · 22.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Grand View Scenic Byway13.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:55local time
- Coordinates
- 40.6311, -79.9730
Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled 337 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Depreciation Lands Museum, a museum 2.8 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
Opened in 1988. The main exhibit, on the second floor, recreates railroads between Cumberland, MD, and Pittsburgh, PA, in June 1952. On the first floor are other model railroad displays, gift shop, snack bar, library, and exhibit cases.
Railroad museum in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
Wikidata Q7988156, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Operated by
- Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portersville Hill | NNW 337° | 445 m | 22.3 mi |
| Big Knob | WNW 298° | 423 m | 13.4 mi |
| Herron Hill | S 176° | 384 m | 12.2 mi |
| Fridays Hill | NW 321° | 380 m | 24.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | W 270° | 375 m | 17.9 mi |
| Steffens Hill | WNW 295° | 370 m | 21.4 mi |
| Rich Hill | ESE 116° | 365 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | SSE 147° | 229.2 m | 11.4 mi |
- 13.4 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- (Kummer Shelter): 3.0 mi
- War Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 4.9 mi
- USS Mars Ship's Bell: 4.9 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 5.9 mi
- North Field: 3.2 mi
- Rich Hill: 7.7 mi
- Observatory Hill: 10.6 mi
- Mt. Sycamore: 11.4 mi
- McKelvey Hill: 12.0 mi
- Depreciation Lands Museum: 2.8 mi
- Mars Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Hartwood Acres Mansion: 5.4 mi
- Sample Schoolhouse: 8.5 mi
- Bayernhof Music Museum: 9.7 mi
- Lookout Point: 9.4 mi
- Giant Chair: 11.1 mi
- Fern Hollow Nature Center: 11.1 mi
- Tour-Ed Mine: 11.2 mi
- The Edgeworth Club: 12.7 mi
- Snake Run: 13.8 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 18.6 mi
- Homewood Falls: 22.5 mi
- Breakneck Falls: 23.7 mi
- Kildoo Falls: 24.4 mi
- Tiger Beach: 15.2 mi
- BAB: 17.4 mi
- Lakeview Beach: 24.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:14 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:13 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Franklin Park · 7 mi
- Ross Township · 8 mi
- Cranberry · 9 mi
- Sewickley · 12 mi
- Coraopolis · 13 mi
- Robinson Township · 14 mi
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