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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
  • Pinnacle Rock: 2.3 mi
  • West Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Baby Bell: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 56
Nature reserves: 31
  • 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: 15
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 14.8 miles of A Tribute to Anthracite Coal Miners. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillSSE 162°690 m13.1 mi
Pinnacle RockWNW 293°685 m2.2 mi
Pinnacle RockWNW 297°681 m2.3 mi
Miller MountainWNW 292°672 m13.4 mi
Big Shiney MountainSSE 165°664 m10.4 mi
Panther HillSSE 154°662 m12.0 mi
West MountainNNE 12°659 m2.9 mi
Bald MountainS 188°658 m12.4 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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