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2nd US Artillery Battery M Pennington

2nd US Artillery Battery M Pennington from directly overhead

2nd US Artillery Battery M Pennington is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Buzzard Peak stands 593 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is US HQ Cavalry Corps 2nd Div 3rd Brigade Irvin Gregg, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 3.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps First Brigade Horse Artillery Battery M Second U.S. Artillery Six 3 inch Rifles Lieut. A.C.M. Pennington commanding
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.81837, -77.16917

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • US HQ Cavalry Corps 2nd Div 3rd Brigade Irvin Gregg: 0.0 mi
  • 1st ME Cavalry Smith: 0.0 mi
  • 1st US Artillery Battery E & G Randol: 0.1 mi
  • US Cavalry Corps 3rd PA Heavy Artillery Battery H Rank: 0.2 mi
  • US HQ Cavalry Corps 2nd Brigade Horse Artillery Tidball: 0.2 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Norm Weaver Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Straban Township Park: 2.4 mi
  • Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 3.6 mi
  • Gettysburg Recreational Park: 3.8 mi
  • West Fields: 4.0 mi
Museums: 40
  • Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association: 2.1 mi
  • Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center: 3.0 mi
  • Battlefield Military Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Gettysburg Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Jennie Wade House Gifts: 3.3 mi
Springs: 18
  • Spangler's Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Menchey’s Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Katelysine Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Koontz Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 12.5 mi
Artworks: 10
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 13.6 mi
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 19.5 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
Attractions: 6
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 5.5 mi
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 5.9 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 19.3 mi
  • Fort Roller: 20.7 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 21.6 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 19.7 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial Garden: 19.9 mi
  • Scott Brown Memorial Garden: 24.4 mi
  • Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 24.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of 2nd US Artillery Battery M Pennington. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buzzard PeakW 270°593 m16.0 mi
The KnobW 280°573 m14.8 mi
Virginia RockWSW 259°545 m16.0 mi
Mount NewmanWNW 289°544 m14.9 mi
Chimney RocksW 270°535 m16.0 mi
College MountainSW 231°520 m14.0 mi
Round TopSW 232°520 m15.3 mi
Piney MountainNW 310°513 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4120:0020:41
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7324719808

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