Korean Call Up Monument
Korean Call Up Monument is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 325 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the southeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is 109th Infantry Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
Commemorates the 28th Inf. Div.’s soldiers of the Korean War Call-Up who served as part of NATO’s forces in Germany, as well as those deployed to Korea in 1951 as part of U.S. opposition to the Soviet Union.
What the record says
- Built
- Dedicated May 16, 2010
What to expect
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
- 29.8 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- 109th Infantry Memorial: 0.0 mi
- 28th Division Global War on Terror Monument: 0.0 mi
- 28th Signal Battalion: 0.0 mi
- Bazooka Boogie Monument: 0.0 mi
- 2nd Brigade Combat Team Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Harpster Park: 0.3 mi
- Blue Spring Park: 0.3 mi
- Nittany View Park: 0.5 mi
- Fieldstone Park: 0.7 mi
- Oak Hall Regional Park: 0.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.8 mi
- Mount Nittany: 2.3 mi
- Little Flat: 2.9 mi
- Tussey Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Big Flat: 4.1 mi
- Pennsylvania Military Museum: 0.0 mi
- Boalsburg Heritage Museum: 0.5 mi
- Rock Hill School at Linden Hall: 2.1 mi
- Centre Furnace Mansion: 3.0 mi
- Penn State All-Sports Museum: 3.8 mi
- Blue Spring: 0.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 2.7 mi
- Walnut Spring: 2.7 mi
- Thompson Spring: 3.1 mi
- Windy Hill Farms Spring: 3.2 mi
- M114A2 Towed 155mm Howitzer: 0.0 mi
- M60A3 Tank: 0.0 mi
- 4.5" Howitzer: 0.1 mi
- M42A1 Duster: 0.1 mi
- BB-38 Guns: 0.1 mi
- Honors to the Fallen: 0.2 mi
- Yoda Statue: 1.6 mi
- Lucy C. Lederer Statue: 2.6 mi
- Pictasaurus: 3.5 mi
- Centennial Piglet Statue: 3.5 mi
- Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Stony Batter Natural Area: 2.3 mi
- Thompson Woods Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Spring Creek Canyon: 5.5 mi
- Patton Woods Nature Recreation Area: 6.8 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: 9.4 mi
- Buck Point: 15.5 mi
- Donation Rocks: 16.4 mi
- Hunter Rock: 16.5 mi
- Picnic Spot- Christian Fellowship Church: 11.2 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Longfellow Vista: 21.2 mi
- Karl Guss Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Kish park beach access: 16.5 mi
- Black Moshannon Beach: 16.7 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 20.3 miles of Korean Call Up Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flat | SE 133° | 738 m | 2.9 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | ESE 115° | 733 m | 5.8 mi |
| Big Flat | S 173° | 732 m | 4.1 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SSE 157° | 726 m | 7.5 mi |
| Grass Mountain | SE 140° | 717 m | 5.6 mi |
| Broad Mountain | ESE 116° | 716 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bear Knob | NNW 329° | 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/5583575806
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