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Picture Rocks Veterans Memorial

Picture Rocks Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

Picture Rocks Veterans Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Huckleberry Mountain stands 762 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park of Picture Rocks, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States

Dates from 1848.

Wikidata Q1180578, matched on coordinates and name (508 m apart).

What the record says

Inscription
Never Forgotten

How to reach it

Coordinates41.27524, -76.71271

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park of Picture Rocks: 0.0 mi
  • King's Beach, Picture Rocks Park: 0.4 mi
  • King's Beach, Picture Rocks Park: 0.4 mi
  • Van Rensselaer Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bodine Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks
  • Frantz Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Roundtop: 2.4 mi
  • Long Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Warn Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Buck Hill: 4.3 mi
Waterfalls: 50
Artworks: 27
Historic sites: 14
  • Flight 800 Memorial: 10.9 mi
  • Flag Pole Site: 12.6 mi
  • Veteran Memorial: 14.3 mi
  • Allison Crane Bulldozer Blade: 16.5 mi
  • Site of first Little League baseball game: 17.4 mi
Museums: 12
Nature reserves: 8
Attractions: 4
  • Sullivan County Fairgrounds: 15.6 mi
  • Bloomsburg Fountain: 23.0 mi
  • Bloomsburg Fair: 23.1 mi
  • Bloomsburg University Fountain: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 3
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 19.7 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Jean Beach: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Picture Rocks Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckleberry MountainE 85°762 m11.2 mi
RoundtopENE 68°758 m11.9 mi
Central MountainE 85°685 m19.1 mi
Burnetts RidgeNNW 337°656 m15.9 mi
Prospect HillNNE 33°653 m11.5 mi
Sharp TopNNW 333°648 m15.3 mi
Tompkins Corners VistaN 349°644 m18.1 mi
Potash MountainNNW 327°640 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3520:0220:44
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:3015:5716:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283039506169747265534233
Precip in3.02.33.13.63.93.84.64.24.83.73.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williamsport Rgnl AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4636285133

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