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Continental Treasury

Continental Treasury from directly overhead

Continental Treasury is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Long Mountain stands 479 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is York and York County World War II Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Falls Road passes 20 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1924
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.96276, -76.72773

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Cherry Lane Park: 0.1 mi
  • Codorus Creek Park: 0.3 mi
  • Renaissance Park: 0.4 mi
  • Penn Park: 0.4 mi
  • Little Jimmy's Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions
  • Memorial Flag Pole: 3.7 mi
  • Haines Shoe House: 5.4 mi
  • Hex Murder House: 11.7 mi
  • Fort Roller: 18.7 mi
  • Hemlock Gorge: 19.2 mi
Museums: 53
Peaks: 48
  • Chimney Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Schulls Rock: 8.0 mi
  • Buzzards Roost: 9.0 mi
  • Mount Pisgah: 9.7 mi
  • Straight Hill: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 42
  • Richard M. Nixon County Park: 5.6 mi
  • Pole Island Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
  • Kreider Tract Park: 8.6 mi
  • Robert A. Kinsley Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
  • Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 41
  • The Tinker: 0.1 mi
  • Sweet Encounter: 0.2 mi
  • Retro Birth: 0.2 mi
  • Third Eye: 0.2 mi
  • Bird for Spoken Word: 0.2 mi
Gardens: 24
  • Scott Brown Memorial Garden: 8.3 mi
  • George E. Stein Arboretum: 9.8 mi
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Safe Harbor Arboretum: 18.4 mi
  • Grantham Community Garden: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Chickies Rock: 12.4 mi
  • Spectator Wall: 14.5 mi
  • Trailside Wall: 14.8 mi
  • ZP35: 22.4 mi
  • ZP37: 22.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Donegal Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Spring Lake Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 21.3 mi
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 22.7 mi
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Concrete Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MountainWNW 293°479 m22.4 mi
Stone HeadWNW 294°418 m21.1 mi
Nells HillNW 309°403 m15.6 mi
Round TopNW 313°401 m14.3 mi
The PeakWNW 290°383 m22.9 mi
Fickels HillWNW 286°383 m22.9 mi
High RockWSW 240°353 m13.6 mi
Governor Dick HillNE 36°350 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3919:5920:40
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2616:0316:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442546371757467564436
Precip in3.32.84.03.64.24.34.54.05.13.93.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — York 3 SSW Pump STN, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12349717629

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