Historic site · Pennsylvania
Hobart King Kistler
Hobart King Kistler is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 397 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the west-southwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Beer Tap, a attraction 1.0 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- HOBART KING KISTLER 1990 - 2021 LT. UNITED STATES NAVY HUSBAND •FATHER • BROTHER •SON •FRIEND
How to reach it
Coordinates40.77453, -77.68517
- 24.4 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
- 27.9 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Potter Run Park: 3.6 mi
- Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Conservation Center: 3.9 mi
- Tri-Municipal Park: 4.2 mi
- Fasick Park: 4.4 mi
- Harvest Fields Community Trails: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 58
- CCC Monument (stone fireplace and chimney): 3.4 mi
- Don Andrews Memorial Rock Work: 3.9 mi
- Tom Thwaites Monument: 4.1 mi
- Old Centre Hall Pennsylvania Railroad Depot: 4.5 mi
- Indian Monument: 5.0 mi
Peaks
- Thickhead Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Triester Mountain: 2.2 mi
- First Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Broad Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.1 mi
Springs: 30
- McKinney Spring: 2.6 mi
- Cool Spring: 4.7 mi
- Ross Spring: 5.7 mi
- Blue Spring: 5.9 mi
- Keith Spring: 6.4 mi
Museums: 24
- Rhoneymeade Arboretum & Sculpture Garden: 3.0 mi
- Rock Hill School at Linden Hall: 4.4 mi
- Boalsburg Heritage Museum: 5.4 mi
- Pennsylvania Military Museum: 5.8 mi
- Centre Furnace Mansion: 8.5 mi
Attractions: 22
- Beer Tap: 1.0 mi
- M60A3 Tank: 5.8 mi
- M114A2 Towed 155mm Howitzer: 5.8 mi
- 4.5" Howitzer: 5.8 mi
- M114A2 155mm Howitzer: 5.8 mi
Artworks: 21
- Yoda Statue: 4.9 mi
- Honors to the Fallen: 5.7 mi
- Lucy C. Lederer Statue: 8.2 mi
- Pictasaurus: 9.2 mi
- Centennial Piglet Statue: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves: 15
- Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Stony Batter Natural Area: 6.7 mi
- Thompson Woods Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Spring Creek Canyon: 8.8 mi
- Poe Valley State Park: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 10
- The Giving Garden: 7.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.4 mi
- Penn State Community Garden Pollinator Garden: 8.9 mi
- Schreyer Garden: 9.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 4.3 mi
- The Rock: 8.9 mi
- Hunter Rock: 18.2 mi
- Donation Rocks: 19.4 mi
- Buck Point: 19.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Picnic Spot- Christian Fellowship Church: 17.0 mi
- Karl Guss Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Longfellow Vista: 19.2 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Snyder-Middleswarth Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 3
- Kish park beach access: 12.3 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 13.7 mi
- Black Moshannon Beach: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 21.8 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Hobart King Kistler. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flat | WSW 247° | 738 m | 3.9 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | SSW 193° | 733 m | 2.0 mi |
| Big Flat | SW 235° | 732 m | 6.4 mi |
| The Winehead | NE 41° | 724 m | 17.2 mi |
| Grass Mountain | SSW 209° | 717 m | 4.4 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SSE 162° | 716 m | 3.0 mi |
| Bear Knob | NW 314° | 713 m | 17.4 mi |
| Milligans Knob | S 177° | 711 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:05 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:03 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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