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Christ the Teacher Sculpture

Christ the Teacher Sculpture from directly overhead

Christ the Teacher Sculpture is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 242 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is George H. Catlin Memorial House, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Governor Casey Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
242 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.40639, -75.65759

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Piazza dell' Arte: 0.3 mi
  • Lackawanna Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Renaissance Park: 0.4 mi
  • Connors Park: 0.4 mi
  • DeNaples Fields: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Coon Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Montage Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Baby Bell: 4.2 mi
  • West Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 57
Nature reserves: 35
  • Montage Mountain Wildflower Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
  • Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 6.4 mi
  • Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 7.0 mi
  • Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.2 mi
  • Waverly Preserve: 8.5 mi
Museums: 15
Attractions: 15
Artworks: 11
Waterfalls: 10
Gardens: 9
  • Mulberry Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Lower Quad: 0.1 mi
  • Upper Quad: 0.1 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Freedom Garden: 0.8 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Deer Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 21.5 mi
  • Gravel Beach: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Campbell's Ledge: 7.8 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 9.2 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 22.3 mi
  • Ridgefield Point: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 14.0 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 18.8 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 18.9 mi
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • Sand Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Octave Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Roadside Rest: 18.2 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 22.9 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Christ the Teacher Sculpture. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillS 174°690 m11.8 mi
Salem HillNE 46°686 m14.4 mi
Pinnacle RockWNW 287°685 m5.1 mi
Pinnacle RockWNW 289°681 m5.2 mi
Big Shiney MountainS 181°664 m9.4 mi
Panther HillSSE 167°662 m10.4 mi
West MountainNNW 327°659 m4.2 mi
Bald MountainSSW 201°658 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:15
June solstice05:3019:5820:40
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:2615:5216:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506169747265534333
Precip in2.62.12.83.33.33.83.63.94.13.72.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357371056

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