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4th US Artillery Battery G Wilkinson+ / Bancroft

4th US Artillery Battery G Wilkinson+ / Bancroft from directly overhead

4th US Artillery Battery G Wilkinson+ / Bancroft is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Strasbaugh Hill stands 605 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is 153th PA Freuauff, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Inscription
Army of the Potomac Eleventh Corps Artillery Brigade Battery G Fourth U. S. Artillery Six 12 Pounders Lieut. Bayard Wilkinson commanding Lieut. Eugene A. Bancroft commanding

How to reach it

Coordinates39.84558, -77.22602

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 0.5 mi
  • West Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Gettysburg Recreational Park: 1.6 mi
  • Straban Township Park: 2.1 mi
  • Dog Playground: 5.2 mi
Peaks
Museums: 40
Springs: 20
  • Katelysine Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Menchey’s Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Spangler's Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 9.3 mi
  • The Spring: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 14
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 13.2 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 6
Attractions: 5
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 4.0 mi
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 4.3 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 19.5 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 21.4 mi
  • Fort Roller: 24.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of 4th US Artillery Battery G Wilkinson+ / Bancroft. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strasbaugh HillNW 310°605 m13.2 mi
Ram HillNW 313°595 m13.2 mi
Buzzard PeakW 262°593 m13.1 mi
The KnobW 273°573 m11.6 mi
Virginia RockWSW 248°545 m13.6 mi
Mount NewmanWNW 285°544 m11.5 mi
Chimney RocksW 261°535 m13.1 mi
Lewis RocksNNW 327°527 m13.8 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 solstice07:2816:0516:48

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6691720117

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