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Old Forge War Memorial

Old Forge War Memorial from directly overhead

Old Forge War Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Anchor of The USS Carpellotti, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Governor Casey Byway passes 7.9 miles off.

About

The story

borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Dates from 1899.

Wikidata Q1184872, matched on coordinates and name (177 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.36964, -75.73618

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Felter Field: 0.9 mi
  • Moosic High Alumni Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Edmond Piaski Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Pagnotti Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mercatili Segilia Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Campbell's Ledge: 3.1 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 4.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Montage Mountain: 4.7 mi
Historic sites: 56
Nature reserves: 35
Museums: 15
Artworks: 12
Attractions: 11
Gardens: 9
  • Prayer Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Mulberry Plaza: 4.8 mi
  • Lower Quad: 4.9 mi
  • Upper Quad: 4.9 mi
  • Freedom Garden: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Springs: 4
  • Pocono Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Sand Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Octave Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 19.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Roadside Rest: 15.6 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 21.8 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.2 mi
  • Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Deer Beach: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Campbell's Ledge: 3.1 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 12.4 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 22.2 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Old Forge War Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillSSE 151°690 m10.6 mi
Pinnacle RockNNW 348°685 m4.1 mi
Pinnacle RockN 349°681 m4.3 mi
Miller MountainNW 307°672 m13.9 mi
Big Shiney MountainSSE 150°664 m7.9 mi
Panther HillSE 140°662 m10.0 mi
West MountainNNE 16°659 m6.3 mi
Bald MountainS 183°658 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3019:5920:41
September equinox06:5118:2619:02
December solstice07:2615:5316:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506169747265534333
Precip in2.62.12.83.33.33.83.63.94.13.72.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13956814086

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