Plank Farm
Plank Farm is in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Plank Farm is situated nearby to the aerodrome Browns Airport, as well as near the forest Pitzer Woods.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gettysburg Regional Airport and Gettysburg National Cemetery.
Gettysburg Regional Airport
Aerodrome
Gettysburg Regional Airport, formerly known as the Gettysburg Airport and Travel Center and as Doersom Airport, is a general aviation airport located two miles west of Gettysburg, in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Regional Airport is situated 2 miles north of Plank Farm.
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 east of Plank Farm.
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. Cemetery Hill is situated 2½ miles east of Plank Farm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Devil’s Den and Gettysburg.
Devil’s Den
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. Devil’s Den is situated 2 miles southeast of Plank Farm.
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.
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. Little Round Top is situated 2½ miles southeast of Plank Farm.
Plank Farm
- Type: Agricultural land
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.81432° or 39° 48′ 52″ northLongitude
-77.27173° or 77° 16′ 18″ westOpen location code
87F4RP7H+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 801857274OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmland
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