US HQ 5-1-3rd Brigade Strong Vincent+ / Rice
US HQ 5-1-3rd Brigade Strong Vincent+ / Rice is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Snowy Mountain stands 637 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is 44th NY Rice / Conner & 12th NY Ryder, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Army of the Potomac Fifth Corps First Division Third Brigade Col. Strong Vincent Col. James C. Rice 20th Maine 16th Michigan 44th New York 83d Pennsylvania Infantry
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 7.1 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 17.0 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 1 mi
- Chimney Rock · 15 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 44th NY Rice / Conner & 12th NY Ryder: 0.0 mi
- US Col. Strong Vincent+ mortally wounded mark: 0.0 mi
- 140th NY Patrick O'Rorke+ / Ernst: 0.0 mi
- 83rd PA Woodward: 0.1 mi
- 16th MI Welch: 0.1 mi
- Little Round Top: 0.1 mi
- Big Round Top: 0.3 mi
- Powers Hill: 1.3 mi
- Sheep Heaven: 2.0 mi
- Culps Hill: 2.2 mi
- Gettysburg Recreational Park: 2.3 mi
- West Fields: 3.3 mi
- Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 3.4 mi
- Straban Township Park: 4.9 mi
- Norm Weaver Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
- Gettysburg Museum: 1.5 mi
- Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center: 1.6 mi
- Lincoln Train Museum: 1.9 mi
- Gettysburg Heritage Center: 2.0 mi
- Battlefield Military Museum: 2.0 mi
- Spangler's Spring: 1.9 mi
- Menchey’s Spring: 2.1 mi
- Katelysine Spring: 3.4 mi
- Koontz Spring: 8.3 mi
- Fountaindale Spring: 9.5 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 1.5 mi
- Women's Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Return visit: 2.8 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 9.8 mi
- St. Francis: 9.8 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 15.2 mi
- Frank Bentz Pond Fish Management Area: 15.4 mi
- Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 15.9 mi
- Union Mills Reservoir Area: 15.9 mi
- Hahn Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 16.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 9.8 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 1.8 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 2.1 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 15.8 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 17.9 mi
- Walkersville Southern Railroad: 22.1 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 12.7 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 16.6 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 21.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.6 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 23.8 mi
- Tartown: 11.6 mi
- Harmony Grove: 24.9 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 2.1 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 7.0 mi
- Clermont Crag: 13.7 mi
- Beach Front: 14.7 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of US HQ 5-1-3rd Brigade Strong Vincent+ / Rice. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | WNW 283° | 637 m | 14.0 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | W 279° | 593 m | 12.6 mi |
| The Knob | WNW 291° | 573 m | 11.8 mi |
| Virginia Rock | W 264° | 545 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Newman | WNW 302° | 544 m | 12.5 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | W 278° | 535 m | 12.5 mi |
| Wildcat Rocks | W 260° | 533 m | 12.5 mi |
| Briar Mountain | W 276° | 533 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eisenhower NHS, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6681736209
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 3 mi
- Hanover · 13 mi
- Thurmont · 14 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 16 mi
- Westminster · 19 mi
- Frederick County · 24 mi
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