15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w)
15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w) is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Buzzard Peak stands 593 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is 148th PA McKeen / McFarlane, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- July 3. Ordered early to the front and took position in the battalion on the left of Battery E, 5th Massachusetts. Directed by Maj. General Hancock to open on the Confederate batteries with solid shot and shell. Upon the advance of the Confederate infantr
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 8.0 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 17.6 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 23.1 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 1 mi
- Chimney Rock · 16 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 148th PA McKeen / McFarlane: 0.0 mi
- US HQ 1-2nd Division Robinson: 0.0 mi
- US Cavalry Corps 3rd PA Heavy Artillery Battery H Rank: 0.0 mi
- 5th MA Artillery Battery Philips: 0.0 mi
- 4th PA Cavalry Doster: 0.0 mi
- Powers Hill: 0.7 mi
- Little Round Top: 1.0 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 1.2 mi
- Culps Hill: 1.2 mi
- Big Round Top: 1.3 mi
- Gettysburg Recreational Park: 1.4 mi
- West Fields: 2.4 mi
- Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 2.4 mi
- Straban Township Park: 4.0 mi
- Norm Weaver Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
- Gettysburg Museum: 0.6 mi
- Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center: 0.7 mi
- Lincoln Train Museum: 0.9 mi
- Gettysburg Heritage Center: 1.0 mi
- Battlefield Military Museum: 1.1 mi
- Spangler's Spring: 1.1 mi
- Menchey’s Spring: 1.2 mi
- Katelysine Spring: 2.6 mi
- Koontz Spring: 8.8 mi
- Poplar Spring: 9.5 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 0.6 mi
- Women's Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Return visit: 1.8 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue: 10.5 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 10.6 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 14.8 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 16.2 mi
- Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 16.3 mi
- Union Mills Reservoir Area: 16.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 10.6 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 1.9 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 2.3 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 16.7 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 18.8 mi
- Walkersville Southern Railroad: 23.0 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 12.5 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 16.6 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 20.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.0 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 23.1 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 2.3 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 7.9 mi
- Tartown: 11.6 mi
- Clermont Crag: 14.1 mi
- Beach Front: 15.1 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of 15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzard Peak | W 274° | 593 m | 12.6 mi |
| The Knob | WNW 287° | 573 m | 11.6 mi |
| Virginia Rock | W 260° | 545 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Newman | WNW 298° | 544 m | 12.0 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | W 274° | 535 m | 12.5 mi |
| Wildcat Rocks | WSW 256° | 533 m | 12.8 mi |
| Briar Mountain | W 272° | 533 m | 13.6 mi |
| College Mountain | SW 223° | 520 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eisenhower NHS, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6681632984
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 2 mi
- Hanover · 13 mi
- Thurmont · 15 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 16 mi
- Westminster · 20 mi
- Chambersburg · 24 mi
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