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Stewartstown R.R.

Stewartstown R.R. from directly overhead

Stewartstown R.R. is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 258 m. High Rock stands 353 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hopewell Area Parks and Recreation, a park 0.4 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 4.9 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

borough of Pennsylvania

Dates from 1767.

Wikidata Q1182818, matched on coordinates and name (133 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Chartered in 1884. Provided Freight & Passenger Service, connecting Stewartstown to Baltimore, Harrisburg & York. Station built here 1914. William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2024
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Coordinates39.75320, -76.59395

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hopewell Area Parks and Recreation: 0.4 mi
  • Stewartstown RR Picnic Grove: 1.1 mi
  • John J. O'Keefe Park at Windy Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Winchester Park: 4.1 mi
  • Strawberry Fields Park: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Pagoda: 12.6 mi
  • Budda: 12.6 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 12.6 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 12.6 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 49
  • Scott Brown Memorial Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Tivoli Tea House and Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 12.6 mi
Peaks: 39
  • Kilgores Rocks: 9.9 mi
  • Spook Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Huntrick Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Saubel Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Beecher Hill: 14.2 mi
Museums: 37
Attractions: 20
  • Hex Murder House: 4.6 mi
  • A Village Of Garden Gnomes: 8.8 mi
  • Hemlock Gorge: 10.6 mi
  • Fort Roller: 12.2 mi
  • Deer Creek Rapids @ Rocks (Class III): 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • \: 13.3 mi
  • ZP35: 15.0 mi
  • ZP37: 15.2 mi
  • ZP34: 15.2 mi
  • ZP16: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Hills Grove Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Wilson's Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 17.1 mi
  • Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Black Barren Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Marble Springs: 23.1 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stewartstown R.R.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockWNW 292°353 m20.3 mi
Carroll County HighpointW 261°344 m17.8 mi
Beecher HillW 265°324 m14.2 mi
Huntrick HillWNW 288°310 m10.8 mi
Pigeon HillWNW 288°285 m23.1 mi
Saubel HillW 275°277 m11.2 mi
Chimney RockN 358°263 m18.6 mi
Buzzards RoostN 360°258 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3919:5820:39
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2516:0316:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536270757367554536
Precip in3.62.94.13.84.03.84.74.25.14.23.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millers 4 NE, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13289579293

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