Skip to content
Byway
Artwork · Pennsylvania

Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg

Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg from directly overhead

Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Buzzard Peak stands 593 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.81121, -77.22543

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • 5th US Artillery Battery K Kinzie: 0.2 mi
  • 4th US Artillery Battery F Rugg: 0.2 mi
  • 10th ME Beardsley: 0.3 mi
  • 1st WV Cavalry Richmond: 0.3 mi
  • 1st OH Cavalry Co A Jones & Co C Stanford: 0.3 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Gettysburg Recreational Park: 1.2 mi
  • Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 2.0 mi
  • West Fields: 2.1 mi
  • Straban Township Park: 3.4 mi
  • Norm Weaver Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
Museums: 38
Springs: 19
  • Spangler's Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Menchey’s Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Katelysine Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Koontz Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Women's Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Return visit: 1.4 mi
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue: 10.0 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 11.2 mi
  • St. Francis: 11.3 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 11.2 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
Attractions: 6
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 2.5 mi
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 2.9 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 17.3 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 19.4 mi
  • Fort Roller: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 5
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 8.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buzzard PeakW 272°593 m13.1 mi
The KnobWNW 284°573 m12.0 mi
Virginia RockWSW 258°545 m13.0 mi
Mount NewmanWNW 295°544 m12.3 mi
Chimney RocksW 272°535 m13.0 mi
Wildcat RocksWSW 255°533 m13.4 mi
Briar MountainW 270°533 m14.1 mi
College MountainSW 224°520 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4220:0120:41
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2716:0516:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303341526170757366554435
Precip in3.42.73.63.44.14.73.64.14.63.73.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eisenhower NHS, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3039705873

More artworks in Pennsylvania

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore artworks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens