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Father Walter J. Ciszek Birthplace and Boyhood Home

Father Walter J. Ciszek Birthplace and Boyhood Home from directly overhead

Father Walter J. Ciszek Birthplace and Boyhood Home is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 386 m. Bears Head stands 634 m to the east-northeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Dorsey Brothers, a historic site 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Father Walter J. Ciszek S.J. Birthplace and Boyhood Home Was Located on this Site
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.81593, -76.20208
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bicentennial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Vine Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Girard Park: 0.6 mi
  • St. John's Grove Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
  • Whippoorwill Dam Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks
  • Locust Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Broad Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Ashland Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Green Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Bears Head: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 57
  • The Dorsey Brothers: 0.3 mi
  • Little Lithuania, USA: 0.3 mi
  • 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike: 0.5 mi
  • Pennsylvania Anthracite Miners Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Turkey Runs Everlasting Tribute: 0.6 mi
Attractions: 55
  • Sklooosh: 16.3 mi
  • Giant Wheel: 16.3 mi
  • Crazy Sub: 16.3 mi
  • Rockin Tug: 16.3 mi
  • Impulse: 16.3 mi
Artworks: 24
Museums: 22
  • JWR Automobile Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Mahanoy Area Historical Society: 3.1 mi
  • Ashland Historical Society: 7.4 mi
  • Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train: 8.3 mi
  • Minersville Area Historical Society: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Gardens: 7
  • Castle Green Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Stonehedge Gardens: 14.1 mi
  • Native Habitat Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Butler Township Community Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Hamburg Community Garden: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Un-named Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Swatara Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Cave Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Terrace Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 13.5 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 13.6 mi
  • Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 21.9 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Eagle Rock Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 23.6 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • C. Q. McWilliams Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Memorial Class Of 1916: 18.6 mi
  • Camp Apple Tree: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Peace Rock: 19.3 mi
  • Round Head: 22.0 mi
  • Gorgeous Rocks: 23.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pine Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Pocahontas Spring: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Father Walter J. Ciszek Birthplace and Boyhood Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bears HeadENE 70°634 m6.8 mi
Buck MountainNE 46°603 m19.8 mi
Buck MountainN 358°592 m9.3 mi
Green MountainNE 44°592 m21.4 mi
Catawissa MountainNW 319°571 m9.2 mi
Blue HeadNE 56°557 m7.6 mi
Round HeadNE 53°556 m8.4 mi
Big MountainW 274°552 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3419:5920:41
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2615:5716:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252634475766706862513930
Precip in3.93.04.24.44.65.15.24.75.24.84.14.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mahanoy City 2 N, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5756695263

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