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General Harry C. Trexler

General Harry C. Trexler from directly overhead

General Harry C. Trexler is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Bake Oven Knob stands 483 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Trexler Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 22 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1954
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.59274, -75.53407

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trexler Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cedar Creek Parkway East: 0.6 mi
  • Wedgewood Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Hampshire Court Park: 0.6 mi
  • Beverly Open Space: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 57
Gardens: 32
Artworks: 21
  • Victor's Lament: 1.3 mi
  • Arts Walk Hamilton Connector: 3.4 mi
  • Court Street Arts Alley: 3.4 mi
  • Emma: 4.6 mi
  • Early Settlers Statue: 6.8 mi
Springs: 16
  • Poorhouse Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Parkside Pavillion: 0.8 mi
  • Food Fest Grove: 1.0 mi
  • Carousel Grove: 1.0 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 8.7 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 18.8 mi
  • Wild Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
  • High Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 11.4 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 12.1 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 18.9 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 21.6 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area: 8.5 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 10.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of General Harry C. Trexler. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bake Oven KnobNW 316°483 m15.0 mi
Bears RocksNW 310°475 m15.4 mi
Topton MountainSW 224°378 m11.2 mi
Gap HillSSW 211°349 m10.0 mi
Bauer RockESE 111°317 m5.4 mi
Sandstone RidgeNNW 339°311 m9.4 mi
Flint HillESE 114°308 m10.7 mi
Gaffney HillE 81°308 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5620:37
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303241526271767466554435
Precip in3.32.83.63.73.64.45.34.64.84.13.23.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allentown Lehigh VLY Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13276355734

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