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Flight 93 National Memorial

Flight 93 National Memorial from directly overhead

Flight 93 National Memorial is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 723 m. Mount Davis stands 979 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wall of Names, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2011
Elevation
723 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.05498, -78.90326
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Patriot Park Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Central City Recreation Park: 6.3 mi
  • Hoover Fielder Field: 6.6 mi
  • Berlin Community Grove: 8.1 mi
  • Quemahoning Family Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
Peaks
  • Central City Vista: 7.5 mi
  • Cover Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Mount Zion: 10.5 mi
  • Brier Knob: 11.4 mi
  • Wolf Rocks: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 39
  • The Coffee Pot: 20.5 mi
  • Museum-Go_Round (Miss Elaina): 24.2 mi
  • Treehouse (O the Owl, Katerina): 24.2 mi
  • Jack Be Nimble: 24.2 mi
  • Hush A Bye Baby: 24.2 mi
Historic sites: 26
  • Wall of Names: 0.2 mi
  • United 93 Impact Site: 0.3 mi
  • Tower of Voices: 1.8 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Fort Dewart: 7.4 mi
Museums: 22
  • Flight 93 National Memorial Entrance: 2.1 mi
  • William H Hoppee Quemahoning Dam & Steelmaking Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Heritage Haus: 9.7 mi
  • Conemaugh Township Historical Society: 12.0 mi
  • Conemaugh Township Area Historical Society: 12.0 mi
Springs: 9
  • Linng Water Spring: 12.8 mi
  • White Sulphur Springs: 16.9 mi
  • Kooser Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Paterson Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Black Spring: 21.2 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Turtle Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Cole Run Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Hinckston Falls: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Birdhouse: 9.8 mi
  • Morley’s Dog: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 20.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Flight 93 National Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DavisSW 218°979 m23.6 mi
Baughman RocksSW 218°961 m23.0 mi
Blue KnobNE 48°953 m24.2 mi
Glade MountainSW 221°936 m24.2 mi
2768 feetW 267°923 m19.4 mi
Vought RockSW 218°898 m21.1 mi
Sampson RockS 183°895 m24.0 mi
Bald KnobWNW 285°893 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4820:0820:49
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3516:1116:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495967727063514132
Precip in2.82.33.33.64.14.03.23.53.73.13.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shawnee SP, 14 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wild teasel53 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil26 obs
  • purple crownvetch25 obs
  • brown-eyed Susan25 obs
  • common milkweed21 obs
  • Banded Harvestman21 obs
  • autumn olive19 obs
  • Eastern Newt17 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 04000272OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/295270550

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