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Veterans of Upper Bern Township Memorial

Veterans of Upper Bern Township Memorial from directly overhead

Veterans of Upper Bern Township Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Ashland Mountain stands 530 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Shartlesville Community Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Dedicated to all veterans from the Upper Bern Area who served our country during war and peacetime.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.51545, -76.10364
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shartlesville Community Park: 0.1 mi
  • Shartlesville Community Park: 0.1 mi
  • Strausstown Lions Park: 4.3 mi
  • Strausstown Lions Park: 4.4 mi
  • Rentschler Arboretum: 4.5 mi
Peaks
  • Scull Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Scull Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Summer Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Camp Blue Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Summerhill: 8.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Fort Snyder Monument: 6.6 mi
  • Auburn Desilting Basin monument: 6.6 mi
  • Rachel Trois Memorial: 9.0 mi
  • William F. Shanaman Monument: 10.9 mi
  • Womelsdorf War Memorial: 11.3 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Museums: 30
Attractions: 28
  • Christmas Village Railroad: 6.9 mi
  • Wishing Well: 6.9 mi
  • Christmas in Other Lands: 7.0 mi
  • Ice Skating Rink: 7.0 mi
  • Olde-Fashioned Candy Shoppe: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 19
  • Santa Claus: 7.0 mi
  • Owl Totem Pole: 10.5 mi
  • Sculpture Plaza: 11.9 mi
  • Der Distelfink Statue: 12.0 mi
  • Lion Shrine: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 13
Springs: 9
  • Pine Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Pocahontas Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Geiles Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Peters Creek Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Bethany Childrens Home Spring: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • White Oak Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
  • Red Rock Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
  • Sunfish Pond Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
  • Ampitheater: 19.0 mi
  • Swing Circle: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Swatara Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Un-named Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Acrigg's Falls: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Veterans of Upper Bern Township Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ashland MountainNNW 334°530 m20.4 mi
Broad MountainN 354°518 m18.5 mi
The PinnacleNE 56°498 m12.1 mi
Dans PulpitNE 40°497 m12.9 mi
Panther HeadWNW 285°473 m18.7 mi
Little MountainWNW 301°471 m20.9 mi
Pulpit RockENE 58°467 m10.6 mi
Hemlock HeightsNE 41°461 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3519:5820:39
September equinox06:5318:2719:03
December solstice07:2515:5816:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293140516170757365534334
Precip in3.52.73.73.74.15.05.24.95.14.53.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamburg, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/645298561

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