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Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush from directly overhead

Benjamin Rush is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Bowers Mountain stands 640 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dickinson College Commons, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 21 miles off.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates40.20275, -77.19462

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dickinson College Commons: 0.0 mi
  • Morgan Field: 0.2 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Heberlig-Palmer Park: 0.4 mi
  • Butcher Tot Lot: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
  • China Burma Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Molly Pitcher Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • 88th Infantry "Blue Devil" Division: 1.9 mi
  • 80th Infantry "Blue Ridge" Division: 1.9 mi
  • 8th Armored Division: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Museums: 21
Gardens: 19
  • West Locust Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Special Needs Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Special Needs Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Grantham Community Garden: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 16
  • Liberation Pointe: 1.8 mi
  • Sundial: 10.5 mi
  • River Cow: 13.1 mi
  • Circle of Peace: 14.4 mi
  • Lion Statue: 14.5 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Springs: 12
  • Letort Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Alexander Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Bucher Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Cool Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Blain Picnic Grounds: 18.6 mi
  • Pavillon 5: 24.7 mi
  • Pavillon 1: 24.9 mi
  • Pavillon 3: 24.9 mi
  • Pavillon 2: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Concrete Beach: 16.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Benjamin Rush. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bowers MountainWNW 297°640 m15.1 mi
Big Flat TowerSW 219°628 m17.9 mi
Ram HillSW 216°595 m19.4 mi
Flat RockWNW 287°578 m12.1 mi
Lewis RocksSW 215°527 m15.9 mi
Chimney RocksSW 223°489 m13.4 mi
Buck Ridge TowerSSW 203°488 m9.7 mi
Bear MountainSSW 199°487 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4020:0220:42
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2916:0316:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293140516170747265544334
Precip in3.12.64.13.84.74.45.44.05.04.33.13.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlisle WTP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6233466491

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