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Civil War Memorial

Civil War Memorial from directly overhead

Civil War Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Sweet Hill stands 569 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gibson Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 1.3 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21597, -79.83517

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gibson Park: 0.0 mi
  • Heard Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Creekside Park: 0.8 mi
  • North East Little League Park: 1.5 mi
  • Gravel Pit Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 22
Beaches: 19
  • Freeport Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Shorewood Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Shades Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Cowell Beach: 8.0 mi
Peaks: 6
Artworks: 4
  • Nittany Lion Shrine: 9.9 mi
  • Fruits of Labor: 13.9 mi
  • Jon's Fish Statue: 18.5 mi
  • Schaefer's Auto Art: 19.4 mi
Attractions: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Buttermilk Falls: 20.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Sulfur Spring: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweet HillESE569 m19.2 mi
Humphrey HillSE534 m22.9 mi
Ingersol HillSE533 m22.1 mi
Dowd HillSSE528 m21.7 mi
Oak HillS433 m20.7 mi
Mount BaldyENE413 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5519:32
June solstice05:4420:1721:00
September equinox07:0718:4219:18
December solstice07:4616:0616:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836485969737165544334
Precip in2.62.42.93.43.83.64.43.84.64.93.83.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 2 SSE, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13545404101

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