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Beacon Sign

Beacon Sign from directly overhead

Beacon Sign is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 379 m. Annisville Hill stands 485 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Harcrest Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
Historic Sign

How to reach it

Coordinates40.78937, -79.96890

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harcrest Park: 1.7 mi
  • Succop Nature Park: 2.0 mi
  • Butler Township Park: 4.4 mi
  • Preston Park: 4.7 mi
  • Highfield Park: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Silent Defender Monument: 6.1 mi
  • Butler World War II Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Butler Vietnam War Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Butler Korean War Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • USS Mars Ship's Bell: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Mars Spaceship: 6.8 mi
  • Totus Tuus: 14.4 mi
  • Stretch: 15.4 mi
  • Totem Lamina Limbus: 15.4 mi
  • Saint Joan of Arc: 15.4 mi
Museums: 54
  • Audubon Society: 2.1 mi
  • Little Red Schoolhouse: 6.4 mi
  • The Maridon Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Mars Historical Society: 6.9 mi
  • Harmony Museum: 8.4 mi
Nature reserves: 51
Gardens: 42
  • Evergreen Arboretum: 4.5 mi
  • Prairie: 4.6 mi
  • Prairie: 4.7 mi
  • 80th Division Monument - Demonstration Garden: 13.6 mi
  • North Park Arboretum: 13.6 mi
Peaks: 29
  • North Field: 11.9 mi
  • Big Knob: 13.0 mi
  • Portersville Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Rich Hill: 15.8 mi
  • Fridays Hill: 17.3 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Harmony Weaver's Cabin: 8.3 mi
  • Tour-Ed Mine: 16.2 mi
  • 155mm Gun M1: 18.4 mi
  • Giant Chair: 19.4 mi
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Table: 12.0 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Windy Knob Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Beaches: 2
Springs: 2
  • Lacock Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Bradys Spring: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beacon Sign. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Annisville HillNNE 23°485 m22.5 mi
Boyers HillN 11°463 m21.1 mi
Portersville HillNW 317°445 m13.1 mi
Ethan HillN 355°427 m22.6 mi
Big KnobWSW 249°423 m13.0 mi
Fletcher HillWNW 297°410 m21.0 mi
Turkey HillWNW 296°409 m20.9 mi
Dight HillNNW 341°402 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:4920:1420:55
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4116:1216:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766706962504031
Precip in3.42.73.33.53.84.34.24.04.13.33.33.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Butler 2 SW, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5784724853

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