Gettysburg Museum
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Gettysburg Museum is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Buzzard Peak stands 593 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
The Gettysburg National Museum was a Gettysburg Battlefield visitor attraction on the south border of the Gettysburg borough. Established by George D. Rosensteel after working at his uncle's 1888 Round Top Museum, the facility had an interpretive Battle of Gettysburg map using incandescent lights and was acquired by the National Park Service for use as the 1974–2008 Gettysburg National Military Park museum and visitor center after the Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg and before the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1921.
Wikidata Q5554766, matched on coordinates and name (888 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Gettysburg Foundation
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 8.6 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 17.5 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 2 mi
- Chimney Rock · 17 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 4th US Artillery Battery F Rugg: 0.2 mi
- 5th US Artillery Battery K Kinzie: 0.2 mi
- 1st WV Cavalry Richmond: 0.3 mi
- 10th ME Beardsley: 0.3 mi
- 1st OH Cavalry Co A Jones & Co C Stanford: 0.3 mi
- Powers Hill: 0.5 mi
- Culps Hill: 0.6 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 0.7 mi
- Wolf's Hill: 1.0 mi
- Sheep Heaven: 1.1 mi
- Gettysburg Recreational Park: 1.1 mi
- Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 2.0 mi
- West Fields: 2.0 mi
- Straban Township Park: 3.4 mi
- Norm Weaver Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
- Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center: 0.0 mi
- Battlefield Military Museum: 0.5 mi
- Lincoln Train Museum: 0.7 mi
- Gettysburg Heritage Center: 0.7 mi
- Gettysburg Diorama & History Center: 0.8 mi
- Spangler's Spring: 0.5 mi
- Menchey’s Spring: 0.6 mi
- Katelysine Spring: 2.4 mi
- Koontz Spring: 8.8 mi
- Poplar Spring: 9.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 0.1 mi
- Women's Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Return visit: 1.3 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue: 10.0 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 11.2 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 15.0 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 16.2 mi
- Union Mills Reservoir Area: 16.4 mi
- Hahn Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 16.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 11.2 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 2.4 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 2.8 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 17.3 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 19.4 mi
- Fort Roller: 23.3 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 12.1 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 16.9 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 19.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.0 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 23.1 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 2.8 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 8.5 mi
- Tartown: 12.0 mi
- Clermont Crag: 14.7 mi
- Beach Front: 15.7 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Gettysburg Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzard Peak | W 272° | 593 m | 13.0 mi |
| The Knob | WNW 284° | 573 m | 11.9 mi |
| Virginia Rock | WSW 258° | 545 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Newman | WNW 295° | 544 m | 12.2 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | W 272° | 535 m | 13.0 mi |
| Wildcat Rocks | WSW 255° | 533 m | 13.3 mi |
| Briar Mountain | W 270° | 533 m | 14.0 mi |
| College Mountain | SW 223° | 520 m | 11.5 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10650142043
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 1 mi
- Hanover · 13 mi
- Thurmont · 16 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 17 mi
- Westminster · 20 mi
- Chambersburg · 25 mi
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