Beacon Sign
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
- 24.2 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Hereford Manor Lakes: 10.4 mi
- Venango Trail: 10.6 mi
- Irwin Run Conservation Area: 11.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 164: 12.5 mi
- Crouse Run Nature Reserve: 13.8 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- Breakneck Falls: 15.0 mi
- Snake Run: 15.1 mi
- Kildoo Falls: 15.3 mi
- Alpha Falls: 15.8 mi
- Hells Hollow Falls: 16.8 mi
- Lakeview Beach: 14.0 mi
- BAB: 18.3 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annisville Hill | NNE 23° | 485 m | 22.5 mi |
| Boyers Hill | N 11° | 463 m | 21.1 mi |
| Portersville Hill | NW 317° | 445 m | 13.1 mi |
| Ethan Hill | N 355° | 427 m | 22.6 mi |
| Big Knob | WSW 249° | 423 m | 13.0 mi |
| Fletcher Hill | WNW 297° | 410 m | 21.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | WNW 296° | 409 m | 20.9 mi |
| Dight Hill | NNW 341° | 402 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:14 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:12 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Butler 2 SW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5784724853
Day trips start here
- Cranberry · 10 mi
- Franklin Park · 16 mi
- Ross Township · 18 mi
- Coraopolis · 21 mi
- Sewickley · 21 mi
- Robinson Township · 24 mi
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