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Tartown

Tartown from directly overhead

Tartown is a ghost town in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 384 m. Snowy Mountain stands 637 m to the west-northwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Reservoir Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 10 miles off.

human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Coordinates39.81970, -77.45280

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Mont Alto State Park: 4.6 mi
  • Carroll Commons Park: 5.6 mi
  • Pine Hill Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
  • Solit farm: 6.3 mi
  • Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 6.3 mi
Museums: 39
  • Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Renfrew Farm & Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Frederick County Fire Museum: 10.5 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 10.7 mi
  • Thompson House - Lee's HQ: 11.1 mi
Springs: 24
  • Knob Springs: 2.7 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Travelers Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Pearl Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Chestnut Spring: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 9.5 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 9.9 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 16.3 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 16.5 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 18.6 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 5.0 mi
  • 42 West: 8.0 mi
  • St. Francis: 10.7 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 10.9 mi
  • Return visit: 11.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 10.9 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 10.7 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 21.7 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 6.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Tartown. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy MountainWNW 295°637 m2.4 mi
Buzzard PeakW 266°593 m1.0 mi
The KnobN 11°573 m2.4 mi
Rocky MountainNW 315°570 m4.0 mi
Pleasant PeakNNW 340°565 m8.0 mi
Pivot RockNW 318°563 m4.1 mi
Wolf HillN 360°551 m9.0 mi
Wigwam HillN 355°549 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4220:0220:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2816:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037495967717063524233
Precip in3.72.94.44.24.74.63.93.95.14.13.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S MTN, 4 mi away.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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