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A Tribute to Anthracite Coal Miners

A Tribute to Anthracite Coal Miners from directly overhead

A Tribute to Anthracite Coal Miners is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 292 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Anthracite Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Governor Casey Byway passes 5.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2001-09
Getting there

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Coordinates41.41580, -75.71342

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Anthracite Park: 0.0 mi
  • Sloan Park: 1.2 mi
  • Jackson Terrace Park: 1.6 mi
  • David Noakes Park / Community Sports Complex: 1.7 mi
  • Novembrino Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Bald Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 2.2 mi
  • West Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Baby Bell: 3.8 mi
  • Bell Mountain: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 54
Nature reserves: 29
  • Montage Mountain Wildflower Sanctuary: 5.2 mi
  • Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.4 mi
  • Waverly Preserve: 7.5 mi
  • Meadowsweet Preserve: 8.7 mi
  • Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 9.1 mi
Museums: 14
Artworks: 12
Attractions: 11
Gardens: 9
  • Prayer Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Mulberry Plaza: 3.0 mi
  • Lower Quad: 3.1 mi
  • Upper Quad: 3.1 mi
  • Freedom Garden: 3.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Springs: 4
  • Pocono Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Sand Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Octave Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Deer Beach: 23.0 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Campbell's Ledge: 5.7 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 12.1 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 15.4 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 21.8 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Roadside Rest: 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of A Tribute to Anthracite Coal Miners. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillSSE690 m13.1 mi
Pinnacle RockWNW685 m2.2 mi
Miller MountainWNW672 m13.4 mi
Big Shiney MountainSSE664 m10.4 mi
Panther HillSSE662 m12.0 mi
West MountainNNE659 m2.9 mi
Shaver MountainWNW657 m13.0 mi
Blair HillSE645 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3019:5920:41
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:2615:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506169747265534333
Precip in2.62.12.83.33.33.83.63.94.13.72.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13914148181

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