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USAir Flight 427 Memorial

USAir Flight 427 Memorial from directly overhead

USAir Flight 427 Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 292 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bunker Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway passes 13 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
This site is dedicated in fond and loving memory to the 132 passengers and crew of USAir Flight 427 which crashed here at 7:03 P.M. on September 8 1994

How to reach it

Coordinates40.60393, -80.30991

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Louis 'Lefty' Cepull Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Hopewell Community Park: 2.8 mi
  • Center Municipal Park: 3.1 mi
  • Tank Farm Recreational Area: 3.2 mi
  • Sherwood Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums: 56
Gardens: 52
Peaks: 29
  • Bunker Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Clover Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Big Knob: 9.9 mi
  • Steffens Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Stewart Hill: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 22
  • The Edgeworth Club: 7.5 mi
  • Giant Chair: 9.3 mi
  • Fern Hollow Nature Center: 9.3 mi
  • 155mm Gun M1: 10.2 mi
  • Indian Rock: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Rider's Ridge: 9.5 mi
  • Boggs Trailhead Picnic Site: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 12.6 mi
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 12.6 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Snake Run: 7.4 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 9.7 mi
  • Purgatory Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Fredericktown Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Stewarts Falls: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
  • BAB: 6.2 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Thornburg Beach: 17.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Lacock Spring: 6.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of USAir Flight 427 Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Portersville HillNNE 22°445 m24.1 mi
Quakers KnobSSW 196°443 m18.8 mi
Round KnobWNW 284°433 m19.6 mi
Big KnobNE 35°423 m9.9 mi
Stewart HillW 268°412 m11.3 mi
Fletcher HillN 358°410 m22.3 mi
Turkey HillN 357°409 m22.0 mi
Herron HillESE 119°384 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5719:33
June solstice05:5120:1520:56
September equinox07:0918:4419:20
December solstice07:4216:1416:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506068727165534233
Precip in2.92.53.13.63.74.34.43.44.12.92.82.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montgomery L&D, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3070892979

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