Devils Den

Devils Den is a gap in Adams County, Pennsylvania and has an elevation of 548 feet. Devils Den is situated nearby to the locality Little Round Top, as well as near the hamlet Sedgwick.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Big Round Top and Gettysburg National Cemetery.

Big Round Top

Peak

Big Round Top is a boulder-strewn hill notable as the topographic high point of the Gettysburg Battlefield and for 1863 American Civil War engagements for which Medals of Honor were awarded.

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. Gettysburg National Cemetery is situated 2 miles north of Devils Den.

Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg

Monument

Photo: Midnightdreary, Public domain.

The Pennsylvania State Memorial is a monument in Gettysburg National Military Park that commemorates the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who fought in the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Devil’s Den and Little Round Top.

Devil’s Den

Locality

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Devil's Den is a boulder-strewn hill on the south end of Houck's Ridge at Gettysburg Battlefield, used by artillery and sharpshooters on the second day of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

Little Round Top

Locality

Photo: Japedi, Public domain.

Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—the companion to the adjacent, taller hill named Big Round Top. It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War.

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.

Devils Den

Type: Gap with an elevation of 548 feet
Also known as: “Devil’s Den”
Category: landform
Location: Adams County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.78982° or 39° 47′ 23″ north

Longitude

-77.23943° or 77° 14′ 22″ west

Elevation

548 feet (167 metres)

Open location code

87F4QQQ6+W6

GeoNames ID

4557560

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