Big Cannon
Big Cannon is a memorial in City of Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Big Cannon is situated nearby to the fire station Independence Fire Association, as well as near Lincoln Street Monuments Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include State Correctional Institution – Coal Township and Shamokin Area High School.
State Correctional Institution – Coal Township
Prison
The State Correctional Institution – Coal Township, commonly referred to as SCI Coal Township, is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison. Thomas McGinley is its superintendent. SCI Coal Township houses about 2,300 inmates. State Correctional Institution – Coal Township is situated 1¼ miles north of Big Cannon.
Shamokin Area High School
School
Shamokin Area High School is a small, rural/suburban, public high school operated by Shamokin Area School District. It is the sole high school operated by the district. The building is labeled Shamokin Area Middle–High School. Shamokin Area High School is situated 1½ miles west of Big Cannon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shamokin and Bear Valley.
Shamokin
Photo: Jakec, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shamokin is a city in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Surrounded by Coal Township at the western edge of the Anthracite Coal Region in central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley, the city was named after a Saponi Indian village, Schahamokink.
Bear Valley
Hamlet
Bear Valley is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, near Shamokin. It is the site of an abandoned anthracite strip mine. This strip mine is a popular place for observing the Llewellyn Formation.
Coal Run
Hamlet
Coal Run is an unincorporated community in Coal Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Coal Run is located at the intersection of Hickory Road and Fidler Green Road east of Shamokin. Coal Run is situated 2 miles east of Big Cannon.
Big Cannon
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: City of Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.78924° or 40° 47′ 21″ northLongitude
-76.55843° or 76° 33′ 30″ westOpen location code
87G5QCQR+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 5261145041OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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