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Castleform

Castleform from directly overhead

Castleform is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 393 m. Rager Mountain stands 786 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is IUP Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates40.61627, -79.15909

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Oak Grove: 0.1 mi
  • Mack Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Indiana Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Fourth Ward Park: 0.8 mi
  • Getty Heights Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Indiana County War Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Blairsville Veteran's Memorial: 14.1 mi
  • Eliza Furnace: 15.4 mi
  • Mine Entrance Memorial: 16.0 mi
Peaks: 27
Artworks: 24
Museums: 9
  • IUP Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Vandergrift Museum-Historical Society: 21.1 mi
  • Wagner-Ritter House: 22.6 mi
  • Leechburg Area Museum and Historical Society: 23.3 mi
  • Armstrong County Historical Museum & Genealogical Society, Inc: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • IUP Arch: 0.3 mi
  • Community park: 12.5 mi
  • Home of Punxsutawney Phil: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Tunnelville Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Keystone Beach: 20.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Granny Coon Spring: 19.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hinckston Falls: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Castleform. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rager MountainSE 142°786 m18.4 mi
Bear RocksS 188°745 m16.4 mi
Kinter HillNE 38°630 m15.6 mi
Moose HillESE 114°587 m5.7 mi
Doty RoundtopNE 38°579 m17.8 mi
Penn View MountainS 184°577 m12.5 mi
Strongs HillESE 101°555 m5.7 mi
Evans HillSE 129°552 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:29
June solstice05:4720:1020:52
September equinox07:0518:4019:16
December solstice07:3816:1016:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967716963524132
Precip in3.62.93.94.04.34.85.14.34.23.53.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana 3 SE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13429848704

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