Round Top
Round Top is a mountain in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania and has an elevation of 771 feet. Round Top is situated nearby to the locality Devil’s Den, as well as near the hamlet Sedgwick.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 771 feet
- Description: mountain in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Big Round Top”
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 2½ miles north of Round Top.
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 Little Round Top and Devil’s Den.
Little Round Top
Locality
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.
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.
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.
Round Top
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Round Top” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Round Top (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Pennsylvania, Adams County, lat 39,79, long -77,24)”
- Cebuano: “Round Top”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Rena-Vera Airport and Little Round Top.
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