The "Pioneer" marker
The "Pioneer" marker is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is WWI Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Governor Casey Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
Marker Number: 1948HM00086 Location: Nay Aug Park at railroad car (on 'road' across from Vine St., near Arthur Ave., behind Everhart Mus.), Scranton Coordinates: 41.400777, -75.643409
What the record says
- Built
- 1948-07-15
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- This gravity railroad car, used on the Pennsylvania Coal Company Railroad, was presented by the company to the City of Scranton, Sept. 3, 1909. The car was used on the line from Hawley to Pittston from 1850 to 1884.
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 16.7 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 17.5 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Bear Cage: 0.1 mi
- Royal Courts at DeNaples Fields: 0.5 mi
- DeNaples Fields: 0.5 mi
- Duffy Park: 0.5 mi
- East Scranton Field: 0.6 mi
- Coon Hill: 2.8 mi
- Montage Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Baby Bell: 4.8 mi
- West Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 5.3 mi
- WWI Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Dedication: 0.1 mi
- Battleship Maine Monument: 0.1 mi
- Jerry Tomasetti Monument: 0.1 mi
- Constitution Bicentennial Monument: 0.1 mi
- Montage Mountain Wildflower Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.8 mi
- Waverly Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 3.5 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 3.6 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 8.0 mi
- The Mary Stegmaier Mansion: 16.6 mi
- The Big Cow: 16.9 mi
- Everhart Museum: 0.0 mi
- Everhart Museum: 0.0 mi
- George H. Catlin Memorial House: 0.8 mi
- MARINE CORPS LEAGUE: 0.8 mi
- Civil War Museum: 1.1 mi
- Jacob and the Angel Sculpture: 0.7 mi
- Metanoia: 0.8 mi
- Christ the Teacher Sculpture: 0.8 mi
- Jason Miller: 1.1 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Freedom Garden: 0.1 mi
- Upper Quad: 0.7 mi
- Lower Quad: 0.7 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 0.9 mi
- Nay Aug Falls: 0.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Falls: 5.9 mi
- Salvatore Falls: 11.4 mi
- Choke Creek Falls: 15.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 16.9 mi
- Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 15.3 mi
- Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 18.4 mi
- Deer Beach: 19.3 mi
- Tall Timber Beach: 20.8 mi
- Gravel Beach: 23.3 mi
- The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 8.3 mi
- Campbell's Ledge: 8.4 mi
- Devil's Elbow: 22.2 mi
- Ridgefield Point: 23.9 mi
- Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 13.5 mi
- Horeshoe picnic grove: 18.0 mi
- Willow picnic grove: 18.0 mi
- Robin Cove Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Sand Spring: 14.7 mi
- Pocono Spring: 15.1 mi
- Octave Spring: 16.5 mi
- Bill Warner Spring: 18.2 mi
- Roadside Rest: 19.0 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 22.1 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of The "Pioneer" marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Hill | S 178° | 690 m | 11.4 mi |
| Salem Hill | NE 43° | 686 m | 14.1 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | WNW 289° | 685 m | 6.0 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | WNW 290° | 681 m | 6.0 mi |
| Big Shiney Mountain | S 186° | 664 m | 9.0 mi |
| Panther Hill | S 171° | 662 m | 9.9 mi |
| West Mountain | NW 322° | 659 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSW 205° | 658 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13841723048
Day trips start here
- Scranton · 1 mi
- Dunmore · 2 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 5 mi
- Clarks Summit · 7 mi
- Factoryville · 13 mi
- Sterling · 13 mi
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