Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
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Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Boies Penrose Statue, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It present exhibits related to science and the performing arts, and also offers a digital cinema. In 1999, This education center encompassed a total of 130,000 square feet (12,000 m2), including the three main components, plus STAGE TWO, Discovery Lab classrooms, multi-purpose rooms, the AMP Grand Lobby and the Kunkel Gallery.
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Wikidata Q7994126, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 23.0 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mexican War Monument: 0.1 mi
- A Gathering at the Crossroads: 0.2 mi
- PennDOT Workers' Memorial: 0.5 mi
- World War II U.S. Submarine Veteran Memorial: 0.6 mi
- City Fountain monument: 0.6 mi
- Capitol Park: 0.1 mi
- Soldier's Grove: 0.3 mi
- Shipoke Playground: 0.5 mi
- City Island: 0.5 mi
- Shipoke Park: 0.6 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 8.7 mi
- Hershey's Chocolate World: 11.8 mi
- Candymonium: 11.9 mi
- Carrousel: 11.9 mi
- Mini Himalaya: 12.0 mi
- Shepherd: 7.8 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 8.2 mi
- Wickersham Hill: 8.7 mi
- Neiman Hill: 9.9 mi
- Pinetown Hill: 10.2 mi
- Boies Penrose Statue: 0.1 mi
- The Gallery at Walnut Place: 0.1 mi
- John F. Hartranft Statue: 0.2 mi
- Harrisburg Giants mural: 0.6 mi
- Andrew Curtin statue: 1.6 mi
- State Museum of Pennsylvania: 0.4 mi
- Historic Harrisburg Association: 0.7 mi
- Susquehanna Art Museum: 0.8 mi
- Pennsylvania National Fire Museum: 1.2 mi
- National Civil War Museum: 1.6 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 0.8 mi
- GUI Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Heart of the Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Joshua Farm: 1.1 mi
- Peffer Street Pollinator Garden: 1.4 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- McCormick Island: 3.3 mi
- Fort Hunter Conservancy: 7.1 mi
- Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve: 7.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 275: 7.6 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 3.0 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 3.0 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 4.0 mi
- Pine Springs: 11.7 mi
- Spring Creek Springs: 13.3 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 12.0 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 18.7 mi
- Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Rowland Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Quitte Creek Nature Park: 20.3 mi
- Concrete Beach: 0.7 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 21.3 mi
- Rausch Gap: 22.2 mi
- Chickies Rock: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | NNE 20° | 500 m | 23.7 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NE 35° | 491 m | 17.7 mi |
| Third Mountain | NNE 19° | 488 m | 11.6 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | WSW 238° | 488 m | 24.1 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 226° | 479 m | 17.2 mi |
| Hammonds Rocks | SW 236° | 462 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Holly | WSW 237° | 459 m | 20.4 mi |
| Berry Mountain | N 9° | 435 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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