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1st RI Light Artillery Battery A “Arnold’s Battery”

1st RI Light Artillery Battery A “Arnold’s Battery” from directly overhead

1st RI Light Artillery Battery A “Arnold’s Battery” is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Buzzard Peak stands 593 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is CS 26th NC Burgwyn+ / Albright, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Built
1886
Getting there

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Coordinates39.81355, -77.23550

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • CS 26th NC Burgwyn+ / Albright: 0.0 mi
  • 1st MA Sharpshooters Co. Plumer: 0.0 mi
  • 4th US Artillery Reserve Brigade Fitzhugh: 0.0 mi
  • 1st NY Artillery Battery K “Fitzhugh’s Battery”: 0.0 mi
  • 2nd Corps Artillery Brigade Hazard: 0.0 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Gettysburg Recreational Park: 0.8 mi
  • West Fields: 1.8 mi
  • Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 1.8 mi
  • Straban Township Park: 3.6 mi
  • Norm Weaver Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
Museums: 39
Springs: 20
  • Menchey’s Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Spangler's Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Katelysine Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Koontz Spring: 9.2 mi
Artworks: 13
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 11.0 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
Attractions: 6
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 2.0 mi
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 2.4 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 17.2 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 19.2 mi
  • Walkersville Southern Railroad: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 5
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of 1st RI Light Artillery Battery A “Arnold’s Battery”. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buzzard PeakW 272°593 m12.5 mi
The KnobWNW 284°573 m11.4 mi
Virginia RockWSW 257°545 m12.5 mi
Mount NewmanWNW 296°544 m11.7 mi
Chimney RocksW 271°535 m12.5 mi
Wildcat RocksWSW 253°533 m12.9 mi
Briar MountainW 269°533 m13.5 mi
College MountainSW 221°520 m11.2 mi
Conditions

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 50–80 °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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6689582510

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