U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
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U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Bowers Mountain stands 640 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberation Pointe, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
The United States Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC), at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, is the U.S. Army's primary historical research facility. Formed in 1999 and reorganized in 2013, the center consists of the Military History Institute (MHI), the Army Heritage Museum (AHM), the Historical Services Division (HSD), Visitor and Education Services (VES), the U.S. Army War College Library, and Collections Management (CM). The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center is part of the United States Army War College, but has its own 56-acre (230,000 m2) campus. The Heritage and Education Center makes available contemporary and historical materials related to strategic leadership, the global application of Landpower, and U.S. Army Heritage to inform research, educate an international audience, and honor Soldiers, past and present. The current research collection contains military history books, military newspapers, technical and field manuals, periodicals, veteran's surveys, photographs, and transcribes oral histories. The collections include material from as early as the Revolutionary War to current U.S. Army operations. The USAHEC also provides interpretive exhibits and educational outreach programs to foster a greater understanding of the Army's central role in the growth, development and protection of the nation and its way of life. The USAHEC motto is "Telling the Army story, one Soldier at a time."
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1999.
Wikidata Q7863062, matched on coordinates and name (240 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Carlisle Barracks
How to reach it
- 21.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 80th Infantry "Blue Ridge" Division: 0.3 mi
- 44th Bomb Group: 0.3 mi
- 88th Infantry "Blue Devil" Division: 0.3 mi
- 8th Armored Division: 0.3 mi
- China Burma Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- LeTort Regional Authority: 0.6 mi
- Seven Gables Park: 1.0 mi
- Carlisle Suburban Authority: 1.0 mi
- Biddle Mission Park: 1.1 mi
- Letort Park: 1.3 mi
- Cave Hill: 1.9 mi
- Center Point Knob: 6.1 mi
- White Rocks: 6.4 mi
- Keller Hill: 6.5 mi
- Steam Engine Hill: 7.7 mi
- Cumberland County Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Rolls Royce Foundation: 5.7 mi
- Boiler Room Museum: 7.7 mi
- Equipment Museum: 7.8 mi
- Mechanicsburg Museum Association: 8.0 mi
- West Locust Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 8.8 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 8.8 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 9.6 mi
- Liberation Pointe: 0.1 mi
- Benjamin Rush: 1.8 mi
- Sundial: 8.8 mi
- River Cow: 11.3 mi
- Circle of Peace: 12.7 mi
- Cave Hill Nature Center: 1.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 305: 6.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 13.3 mi
- Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Letort Spring: 2.7 mi
- Alexander Spring: 6.1 mi
- Bucher Spring: 10.7 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 11.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 12.5 mi
- Dellville Covered Bridge: 11.2 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 23.6 mi
- Concrete Beach: 14.6 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 17.8 mi
- Blain Picnic Grounds: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowers Mountain | WNW 293° | 640 m | 16.7 mi |
| Big Flat Tower | SW 223° | 628 m | 19.2 mi |
| Flat Rock | WNW 284° | 578 m | 13.8 mi |
| Lewis Rocks | SW 219° | 527 m | 17.1 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | SW 227° | 489 m | 14.8 mi |
| Buck Ridge Tower | SSW 211° | 488 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SSW 204° | 487 m | 18.1 mi |
| Long Mountain | SSE 164° | 479 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:03 | 16:47 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlisle WTP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1105689943
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 26 mi
- York · 28 mi
- Hanover · 29 mi
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