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Fort Venango

Fort Venango from directly overhead

Fort Venango is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 300 m. Pine Hill stands 515 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Machault, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Wilhelm Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Fort Venango was a small British fort built in 1760 near the present-day site of Franklin, Pennsylvania. It replaced Fort Machault, a French fort built at the confluence of French Creek and the Allegheny River. In August 1759, near the end of the French and Indian War, after the French surrender of Fort Niagara to the British, the French burned Fort Machault and retreated north. Fort Venango was built during summer 1760. It was attacked and destroyed in June 1763 during Pontiac's War.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1760.

Wikidata Q5472223, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

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Inscription
To assert control over the area, Fort Venango was built near this point by the British in 1760. The fort was attacked and destroyed by Indians in 1763 during Pontiac's uprising.
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.38932, -79.82218
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Samuel Justus Recreational Trail Visitor Center: 0.3 mi
  • Historic Franklin Garrison Monument: 0.3 mi
  • 11th Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bandstand Park: 0.6 mi
  • 3rd Steet Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 26
Peaks: 22
  • Point Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Foster Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Hoag Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Summit Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Pine Hill: 10.7 mi
Museums: 9
Artworks: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Waterfalls: 3
  • Potters Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Freedom Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Gregg Falls: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Venango County Rest Area Westbound: 14.4 mi
  • Venango County Rest Area Eastbound: 14.7 mi
Springs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Sinks Filled with Dirt: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Stoneboro Beach: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillE 99°515 m15.0 mi
Wheeling HillNW 320°504 m11.0 mi
Cream HillE 96°502 m12.2 mi
Preacher HillENE 57°493 m24.5 mi
Round KnobNW 315°491 m15.5 mi
Annisville HillS 176°485 m20.9 mi
Foster HillNE 34°484 m8.3 mi
Pine KnollNW 319°483 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5519:32
June solstice05:4720:1520:57
September equinox07:0718:4219:18
December solstice07:4316:0916:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475967717063514031
Precip in3.32.73.44.14.04.95.34.23.93.83.43.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/11808536836

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