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Ed "Shovels" Kobesky Memorial

Ed "Shovels" Kobesky Memorial from directly overhead

Ed "Shovels" Kobesky Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Kobesky Field, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Governor Casey Byway passes 6.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
MOOSIC REDWINGS This field is dedicated to ED "Shovels" KOBESKY Moosic Resident Minor League Baseball Player and Manager
Getting there

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Coordinates41.37368, -75.70581

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kobesky Field: 0.0 mi
  • Mercatili Segilia Park: 0.5 mi
  • Billy Barrett Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mayor John Derenick Park: 1.1 mi
  • Young Men's Society of the Resurrection Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
  • Montage Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Coon Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 4.6 mi
Historic sites: 56
Nature reserves: 35
Museums: 15
Artworks: 12
Attractions: 11
Gardens: 9
  • Prayer Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Lower Quad: 3.4 mi
  • Upper Quad: 3.4 mi
  • Mulberry Plaza: 3.4 mi
  • Freedom Garden: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Springs: 4
  • Pocono Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Sand Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Octave Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Deer Beach: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Roadside Rest: 16.8 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.8 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 23.0 mi
  • Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Campbell's Ledge: 4.7 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 10.9 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 20.7 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Ed "Shovels" Kobesky Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillSSE 159°690 m10.2 mi
Pinnacle RockNNW 327°685 m4.5 mi
Pinnacle RockNNW 329°681 m4.6 mi
Miller MountainWNW 302°672 m15.0 mi
Big Shiney MountainSSE 162°664 m7.5 mi
Panther HillSSE 149°662 m9.3 mi
West MountainN 2°659 m5.8 mi
Bald MountainSSW 192°658 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3019:5920:40
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13903653751

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