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109th Infantry Field Artillery Memorial

109th Infantry Field Artillery Memorial from directly overhead

109th Infantry Field Artillery Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 327 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the southeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is General Asher Miner Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

Erected by members of the 109th, this honors the enlisted dead of the 109th Field Artillery, commanded by Gen. Asher Miner, who served in WWI.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.78132, -77.79408

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harpster Park: 0.3 mi
  • Blue Spring Park: 0.4 mi
  • Nittany View Park: 0.5 mi
  • Oak Hall Regional Park: 0.7 mi
  • Fieldstone Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Bald Knob: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Nittany: 2.3 mi
  • Little Flat: 2.9 mi
  • Tussey Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Big Flat: 4.1 mi
Museums: 32
Springs: 32
  • Blue Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Cool Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Thompson Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Bathgate Spring: 3.2 mi
Attractions: 23
Nature reserves: 17
Gardens: 12
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Kish park beach access: 16.4 mi
  • Black Moshannon Beach: 16.7 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 18.2 mi
  • Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 18.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of 109th Infantry Field Artillery Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little FlatSE 134°738 m2.9 mi
Thickhead MountainESE 115°733 m5.8 mi
Big FlatS 173°732 m4.1 mi
Broad MountainSSE 157°726 m7.5 mi
Grass MountainSE 140°717 m5.6 mi
Broad MountainESE 116°716 m7.4 mi
Bear KnobNNW 329°713 m13.5 mi
Milligans KnobSE 138°711 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4719:23
June solstice05:4120:0520:47
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:3316:0416:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068727063524132
Precip in2.92.53.43.53.64.13.84.23.93.53.03.2

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5583575790

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