Cemetery Hill
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Cemetery Hill rises to 184 m in Pennsylvania. Buzzard Peak stands 593 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Address maker, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway runs past it.
The story
Cemetery Hill is a landform on the Gettysburg Battlefield that was the scene of fighting each day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863). The northernmost part of the Army of the Potomac defensive "fish-hook" line, the hill is gently sloped and provided a site for American Civil War artillery (cf. the heavily wooded, adjacent Culp's Hill).
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Wikidata Q4993727, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 184 m
How to reach it
- On the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 9.1 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 18.1 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 2 mi
- Chimney Rock · 17 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gettysburg Recreational Park: 0.6 mi
- Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 1.3 mi
- West Fields: 1.3 mi
- Straban Township Park: 3.0 mi
- Norm Weaver Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
- Culps Hill: 0.5 mi
- Benner Hill: 0.9 mi
- Powers Hill: 1.2 mi
- Wolf's Hill: 1.2 mi
- Sheep Heaven: 1.5 mi
- Lincoln Address maker: 0.0 mi
- 73rd PA Kelly: 0.0 mi
- US HQ 11-2nd Division Steinwehr: 0.0 mi
- US Army of the Potomac Tablets: 0.0 mi
- 27th PA Cantador: 0.0 mi
- Jennie Wade House Gifts: 0.1 mi
- Gettysburg Diorama & History Center: 0.2 mi
- Battlefield Military Museum: 0.2 mi
- Gettysburg Heritage Center: 0.3 mi
- Shriver House Museum: 0.3 mi
- Menchey’s Spring: 0.2 mi
- Spangler's Spring: 0.8 mi
- Katelysine Spring: 1.8 mi
- Poplar Spring: 9.4 mi
- Koontz Spring: 9.4 mi
- Women's Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Return visit: 0.6 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 0.8 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue: 10.2 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 11.7 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 14.5 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 16.8 mi
- Union Mills Reservoir Area: 16.9 mi
- Hahn Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 17.0 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 2.6 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 3.0 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 17.9 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 19.9 mi
- Fort Roller: 23.7 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 12.3 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 16.7 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 18.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 22.4 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 22.4 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 11.7 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 22.2 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 3.0 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 9.0 mi
- Tartown: 11.9 mi
- Clermont Crag: 14.8 mi
- Beach Front: 15.7 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Cemetery Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzard Peak | W 269° | 593 m | 12.8 mi |
| The Knob | W 281° | 573 m | 11.6 mi |
| Virginia Rock | WSW 255° | 545 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Newman | WNW 293° | 544 m | 11.8 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | W 269° | 535 m | 12.8 mi |
| Wildcat Rocks | WSW 251° | 533 m | 13.4 mi |
| Briar Mountain | W 267° | 533 m | 13.9 mi |
| College Mountain | SW 220° | 520 m | 11.9 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7246028638
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 0 mi
- Hanover · 13 mi
- Thurmont · 16 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 17 mi
- Westminster · 21 mi
- Chambersburg · 24 mi
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