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Michael E. Weston Memorial

Michael E. Weston Memorial from directly overhead

Michael E. Weston Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 374 m. Centre County Highpoint stands 795 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenbriar Saybrook Park, a park 0.1 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Dedicated to the Memory of MICHAEL E. WESTON Special Agent U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration A Native of State College, Pennsylvania Killed in the Line of Duty October 26, 2009 In the Service of His Country USMC Major
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.78219, -77.91232
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Greenbriar Saybrook Park: 0.1 mi
  • Shaw Park: 0.7 mi
  • Homestead Park: 0.9 mi
  • Foxpointe Park: 1.2 mi
  • Park Hills Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Botany: 2.7 mi
  • Science Technology and Society: 2.7 mi
  • President Atherton: 2.7 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Old Main: 2.8 mi
Peaks
  • Rudy Ridge: 5.4 mi
  • Gobbler Knob: 6.0 mi
  • Sand Knob: 6.1 mi
  • Mount Nittany: 6.5 mi
  • Greenlee Mountain: 7.1 mi
Museums: 32
Springs: 29
  • Thompson Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Windy Hill Farms Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Bathgate Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Blue Spring: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 25
Artworks: 23
Nature reserves: 17
Gardens: 13
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Black Moshannon Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Kish park beach access: 21.5 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 16.2 mi
  • Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 16.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Michael E. Weston Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Centre County HighpointW 262°795 m22.2 mi
Little FlatESE 104°738 m8.5 mi
Thickhead MountainESE 102°733 m11.7 mi
Big FlatESE 122°732 m7.8 mi
Broad MountainSE 127°726 m11.5 mi
Grass MountainESE 114°717 m10.7 mi
Broad MountainESE 105°716 m13.2 mi
Bear KnobN 356°713 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4120:0620:47
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:3316:0416:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068727063524132
Precip in2.92.53.43.53.64.13.84.23.93.53.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11445466093

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