Headquarters Troop Memorial
Headquarters Troop Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 327 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the southeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is 112th Machine Gun Battalion Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
Based in Sunbury, PA, the Headquarters Troop served in WWI and acted in most of the 28th Div.'s major actions.
What the record says
- Built
- Dedicated May 23, 1954
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Spring Park: 0.2 mi
- Harpster Park: 0.4 mi
- Nittany View Park: 0.6 mi
- Fieldstone Park: 0.7 mi
- Oak Hall Regional Park: 0.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.8 mi
- Mount Nittany: 2.4 mi
- Little Flat: 2.9 mi
- Tussey Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Big Flat: 4.0 mi
- Pennsylvania Military Museum: 0.1 mi
- Boalsburg Heritage Museum: 0.5 mi
- Rock Hill School at Linden Hall: 2.2 mi
- Centre Furnace Mansion: 3.0 mi
- EMS Museum and Art Gallery: 3.7 mi
- Blue Spring: 0.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 2.7 mi
- Walnut Spring: 2.7 mi
- Thompson Spring: 3.0 mi
- Windy Hill Farms Spring: 3.1 mi
- M114A2 155mm Howitzer: 0.0 mi
- M4A1(76)W Sherman Tank: 0.0 mi
- BB-38 Guns: 0.0 mi
- 4.5" Howitzer: 0.0 mi
- M59 APC: 0.1 mi
- Honors to the Fallen: 0.2 mi
- Yoda Statue: 1.6 mi
- Lucy C. Lederer Statue: 2.5 mi
- Pictasaurus: 3.4 mi
- Centennial Piglet Statue: 3.5 mi
- Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Stony Batter Natural Area: 2.3 mi
- Thompson Woods Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Spring Creek Canyon: 5.6 mi
- Patton Woods Nature Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
- The Giving Garden: 2.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 3.1 mi
- Penn State Community Garden Pollinator Garden: 3.4 mi
- Schreyer Garden: 3.5 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 3.9 mi
- The Rock: 5.0 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 9.5 mi
- Buck Point: 15.5 mi
- Donation Rocks: 16.3 mi
- Hunter Rock: 16.4 mi
- Picnic Spot- Christian Fellowship Church: 11.1 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Longfellow Vista: 21.2 mi
- Karl Guss Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Kish park beach access: 16.5 mi
- Black Moshannon Beach: 16.6 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 17.4 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 18.2 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Headquarters Troop Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flat | SE 131° | 738 m | 2.9 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | ESE 114° | 733 m | 5.9 mi |
| Big Flat | S 171° | 732 m | 4.0 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SSE 156° | 726 m | 7.5 mi |
| Grass Mountain | SE 139° | 717 m | 5.6 mi |
| Broad Mountain | ESE 116° | 716 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bear Knob | NNW 330° | 713 m | 13.5 mi |
| Milligans Knob | SE 137° | 711 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:05 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:04 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/5583575795
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