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Buchanan's Birthplace State Park

Buchanan's Birthplace State Park from directly overhead

Buchanan's Birthplace State Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 267 m. Big Mountain stands 740 m to the north, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Reese Spring, a spring 1.9 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 15 miles off.

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Coordinates39.87043, -77.95326

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • John W Angle Veterans Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
  • Community Center Grounds: 3.9 mi
  • Mercersburg Lions Club: 4.1 mi
  • Sports Fields: 4.6 mi
  • Lions Park: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Springs: 16
  • Reese Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Richmond Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Sand Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Oak Spring: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 16
Museums: 13
Attractions: 13
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 18.2 mi
  • Captain's Quarters: 18.2 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 20.0 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 20.0 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 20.0 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Artworks: 7
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 20.3 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 20.4 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bear Valley Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Gardens: 1
  • 9-11 Memorial Garden: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Buchanan's Birthplace State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MountainN 9°740 m5.5 mi
Clarks KnobNE 41°709 m16.5 mi
Bald KnobNW 314°702 m14.1 mi
Fisher PointNW 316°701 m13.4 mi
Emmaville MountainW 277°690 m14.4 mi
Harbor MountainNW 316°649 m20.9 mi
Kimber MountainNW 323°642 m21.7 mi
King KnobNW 323°638 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4420:0420:44
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:3116:0816:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473787568574637
Precip in2.52.03.03.33.63.42.92.93.82.82.62.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hagerstown Rgnl AP, 16 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Two-lined Salamander4 obs
  • Great Egret4 obs
  • partridgeberry3 obs
  • tree-of-heaven2 obs
  • American Toad2 obs
  • Lactarius psammicola2 obs
  • Ruffed Grouse1 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/422527992

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