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Lincoln Address Memorial

Lincoln Address Memorial from directly overhead

Lincoln Address Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Buzzard Peak stands 593 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is 2nd ME Artillery Battery Hall, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
This monument commemorates Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863. The Address was delivered about 300 yards from this spot along upper Cemetery drive. The site is now marked by the Soldiers’ National Monument.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.81757, -77.23185

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • 2nd ME Artillery Battery Hall: 0.0 mi
  • 1st MA Artillery Battery McCartney: 0.0 mi
  • 1st NH Artillery Battery Edgell: 0.0 mi
  • OH Artillery Battery H Norton: 0.0 mi
  • 3rd NY Artillery Battery Harn: 0.1 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Gettysburg Recreational Park: 0.6 mi
  • West Fields: 1.5 mi
  • Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 1.6 mi
  • Straban Township Park: 3.3 mi
  • Norm Weaver Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
Museums: 38
Springs: 20
  • Menchey’s Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Spangler's Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Katelysine Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Koontz Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 13
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 11.4 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
Attractions: 6
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 2.4 mi
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 2.7 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 17.6 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 19.6 mi
  • Fort Roller: 23.7 mi
Gardens: 5
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Lincoln Address Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buzzard PeakW 270°593 m12.7 mi
The KnobWNW 282°573 m11.5 mi
Virginia RockWSW 256°545 m12.7 mi
Mount NewmanWNW 294°544 m11.8 mi
Chimney RocksW 270°535 m12.7 mi
Wildcat RocksWSW 252°533 m13.2 mi
College MountainSW 221°520 m11.6 mi
Round TopSW 223°520 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4220:0120:41
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2716:0516:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303341526170757366554435
Precip in3.42.73.63.44.14.73.64.14.63.73.03.3

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/783774713

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