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15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w)

15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w) from directly overhead

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

Coordinates39.80524, -77.23484

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • 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
Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Museums: 39
Springs: 18
  • 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
Artworks: 13
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • 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
Attractions: 6
  • 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
Gardens: 5
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buzzard PeakW 274°593 m12.6 mi
The KnobWNW 287°573 m11.6 mi
Virginia RockW 260°545 m12.4 mi
Mount NewmanWNW 298°544 m12.0 mi
Chimney RocksW 274°535 m12.5 mi
Wildcat RocksWSW 256°533 m12.8 mi
Briar MountainW 272°533 m13.6 mi
College MountainSW 223°520 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4220:0120:41
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2716:0516:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303341526170757366554435
Precip in3.42.73.63.44.14.73.64.14.63.73.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eisenhower NHS, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6681632984

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