9th MA Artillery Battery Bigelow(w) / Milton
9th MA Artillery Battery Bigelow(w) / Milton is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Snowy Mountain stands 637 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is US HQ 3rd Corp Sickles(w) / Birney, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- 2nd position 6 p.m. July 2, 1863. Ninth Mass. Battery Capt. Bigelow “By prolongue retired firing” from the crossroads 400 yds. distant without infantry support before Barksdale’s Confed. Brigade. Final stand made across this road.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 7.6 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 17.8 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 23.4 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 1 mi
- Chimney Rock · 16 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Round Top: 0.8 mi
- Big Round Top: 1.1 mi
- Powers Hill: 1.2 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 1.5 mi
- Culps Hill: 1.7 mi
- Gettysburg Recreational Park: 1.6 mi
- West Fields: 2.6 mi
- Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 2.7 mi
- Straban Township Park: 4.5 mi
- Norm Weaver Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
- US HQ 3rd Corp Sickles(w) / Birney: 0.0 mi
- US General Sickles wounded: 0.1 mi
- 118th PA “Corn Exchange Regiment” Gwyn: 0.2 mi
- 7th NJ Francine+ / Cooper: 0.2 mi
- US General Samuel K. Zook: 0.2 mi
- Gettysburg Museum: 1.1 mi
- Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center: 1.1 mi
- Lincoln Train Museum: 1.2 mi
- Gettysburg Heritage Center: 1.3 mi
- Gettysburg Diorama & History Center: 1.4 mi
- Menchey’s Spring: 1.6 mi
- Spangler's Spring: 1.6 mi
- Katelysine Spring: 2.6 mi
- Koontz Spring: 9.0 mi
- Poplar Spring: 9.2 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 1.1 mi
- Women's Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Return visit: 2.1 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 10.2 mi
- St. Francis: 10.2 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 14.6 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 15.8 mi
- Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 16.5 mi
- Union Mills Reservoir Area: 16.6 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 1.4 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 1.8 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 16.3 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 18.3 mi
- Walkersville Southern Railroad: 22.7 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 12.9 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 16.2 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 20.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 22.8 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 23.0 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 10.2 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 22.1 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 1.8 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 7.5 mi
- Tartown: 11.2 mi
- Clermont Crag: 13.7 mi
- Beach Front: 14.6 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of 9th MA Artillery Battery Bigelow(w) / Milton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | W 280° | 637 m | 13.6 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | W 276° | 593 m | 12.2 mi |
| The Knob | WNW 289° | 573 m | 11.3 mi |
| Virginia Rock | W 260° | 545 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Newman | WNW 300° | 544 m | 11.8 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | W 275° | 535 m | 12.1 mi |
| Wildcat Rocks | WSW 256° | 533 m | 12.3 mi |
| Briar Mountain | W 273° | 533 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eisenhower NHS, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7438686228
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 2 mi
- Hanover · 14 mi
- Thurmont · 15 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 16 mi
- Westminster · 20 mi
- Chambersburg · 24 mi
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