Culps Hill
Culp's Hill, which is about 3⁄4 mi south of the center of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, played a prominent role in the Battle of Gettysburg. It consists of two rounded peaks, separated by a narrow saddle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 630 feet
- Description: hill in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Culp’s Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cemetery Hill and Gettysburg National Cemetery.
Cemetery Hill
Peak
Cemetery Hill is a landform on the Gettysburg Battlefield that was the scene of fighting each day of the Battle of Gettysburg. 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.
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Henryhartley, Public domain.
Gettysburg National Cemetery, originally called Soldiers' National Cemetery, is a United States national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, created for Union army casualties sustained in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
Evergreen Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Northern Aggression, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Evergreen Cemetery – formerly called Citizen's Cemetery and Ever Green Cemetery – is a historic 29.12 acre rural cemetery located just outside Gettysburg Borough, in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gettysburg and Round Top.
Gettysburg
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gettysburg, in Adams County in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, goes down in history as the battlefield in the Civil War where, despite terrible tragedy and loss of life, there was hope for the Union.
Round Top
Hamlet
Round Top is a populated place in Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, near Little Round Top. It is notable for two Battle of Gettysburg hospitals, the 1884 Round Top Station, and several battlefield commemorative era attractions such as Round Top Park and the Round Top Museum.
Culps Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.81981° or 39° 49′ 11″ northLongitude
-77.22115° or 77° 13′ 16″ westElevation
630 feet (192 metres)Open location code
87F4RQ9H+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 7244933702OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Culps Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Culps Hill”
- Chinese: “卡尔普斯山”
- Chinese: “寇普丘”
- Danish: “Culp’s Hill”
- Dutch: “Culp’s Hill”
- Russian: “Калпс-Хилл”
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