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2nd Brigade Combat Team Memorial

2nd Brigade Combat Team Memorial from directly overhead

2nd Brigade Combat Team Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 325 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the southeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is 28th Signal Battalion, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

Honors the 82 Marines, Soldiers, and Sailors from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Inf. Div., who were killed in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom from June 2005-2006.

What the record says

Built
Dedicated May 30, 2012

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.78114, -77.79550

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Blue Spring Park: 0.3 mi
  • Harpster Park: 0.3 mi
  • Nittany View Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fieldstone Park: 0.7 mi
  • Oak Hall Regional Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Bald Knob: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Nittany: 2.3 mi
  • Little Flat: 2.9 mi
  • Tussey Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Big Flat: 4.1 mi
Museums: 32
Springs: 32
  • Blue Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Cool Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Thompson Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Windy Hill Farms 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: 16.5 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 2nd Brigade Combat Team Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little FlatSE 133°738 m2.9 mi
Thickhead MountainESE 115°733 m5.9 mi
Big FlatS 172°732 m4.1 mi
Broad MountainSSE 157°726 m7.5 mi
Grass MountainSE 139°717 m5.6 mi
Broad MountainESE 116°716 m7.4 mi
Bear KnobNNW 330°713 m13.5 mi
Milligans KnobSE 137°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/5583575782

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