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Fireman's Drinking Fountain

Fireman's Drinking Fountain from directly overhead

Fireman's Drinking Fountain is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Pohopoco Mountain stands 612 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 22 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1909
Material
zinc
Inscription
Members of Slatington's Hose Company #1 dedicated this 12 foot fireman's monument in 1910. Manufactured by the J.W. Fiske Iron Works New York, NY, the fireman holding a child was chosen as a symbol of service, vigilance, and humanity...
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Coordinates40.75189, -75.61304

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Kerns Mill Park: 0.1 mi
  • West End Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Roosevelt Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Covered Bridge Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • Halls of Horror: 3.4 mi
  • Dragon Cement Co. Inc. No 1: 6.6 mi
  • 100 Mile View: 9.8 mi
  • Thunder Creek Mountain: 12.5 mi
  • Thunder Creek Mountain: 12.5 mi
Nature reserves: 54
Museums: 44
Gardens: 29
Artworks: 19
  • Sons of Liberty: 3.5 mi
  • Palmerton "Patches": 3.5 mi
  • Benjamin Franklin Statue: 7.1 mi
  • Early Settlers Statue: 7.9 mi
  • Victor's Lament: 12.0 mi
Springs: 16
Picnic sites: 14
  • Camp Apple Tree: 11.5 mi
  • Parkside Pavillion: 12.5 mi
  • Food Fest Grove: 12.7 mi
  • Carousel Grove: 12.7 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Wild Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 11.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Terrace Falls: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 0.6 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 7.4 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 10.1 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 11.9 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 21.6 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Fireman's Drinking Fountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pohopoco MountainNNE 21°612 m18.4 mi
Pine HillN 352°556 m18.7 mi
Broad MountainNW 317°549 m14.9 mi
Scrub MountainNNW 335°543 m13.9 mi
Millstone MountainN 355°543 m16.1 mi
Round Head MountainNW 325°537 m17.7 mi
Pohopco MountainsNNE 25°534 m18.6 mi
Pocono MountainNNW 334°517 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3219:5720:38
September equinox06:5118:2519:01
December solstice07:2415:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038505967727063514132
Precip in3.82.93.93.94.35.24.64.95.64.73.94.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lehighton 1ssw, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 81000551OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2142452305

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