Castle Hill
Castle Hill also known as the American Flag-Raising Site and now as the Baranof Castle State Historic Site, is a National Historic Landmark and state park in Sitka, Alaska.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: National Historic Landmark and state park in Sitka, Alaska, USA
- Also known as: “Baranof Castle State Historic Site”, “Katalan’s Rock”, and “Noow Tlein”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel and Sitka Lutheran Church.
Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel
Church
Photo: Barek, Public domain.
St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in Sitka, Alaska. The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia, though this structure burned down in 1966.
Sitka Lutheran Church
Church
Sitka Lutheran Church is an Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sitka, Alaska. Its first building was constructed in 1843 on what is now 224 Lincoln Street and was the first Protestant church in Alaska.
Cable House and Station
Building
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cable House and Station, also known as the Communications Center and Quarters, is a historic telecommunications building on Lincoln Street at Harbor Road in Sitka, Alaska.
Castle Hill
- Categories: Alaska state park and tourism
- Location: Sitka, Southeastern Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
57.04867° or 57° 2′ 55″ northLongitude
-135.33804° or 135° 20′ 17″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
94962MX6+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 243594065OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Castle Hill” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاسل هيل (سيتكا)”
- Arabic: “كاسل هيل”
- German: “Castle Hill”
- Russian: “Замковый холм”
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