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McPherson Ridge is a landform used for military engagements during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, First Day, when the I Corps (Union Army) had a headquarters on the ridge and was defeated by the Confederate division of Major General Henry Heth. The ridge has terrain above ~ and is almost entirely a federally protected area except for township portions at the southern end and along Pennsylvania Route 116, including a PennDOT facility. The northern end is a slight topographic saddle point on the west edge of Oak Ridge, and summit areas above include 4 on/near the Lincoln Highway, a broader summit south of the Fairfield Road, and the larger plateau at the northern saddle.

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  • McPherson Ridge
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  • McPherson Ridge is a landform used for military engagements during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, First Day, when the I Corps (Union Army) had a headquarters on the ridge and was defeated by the Confederate division of Major General Henry Heth. The ridge has terrain above ~ and is almost entirely a federally protected area except for township portions at the southern end and along Pennsylvania Route 116, including a PennDOT facility. The northern end is a slight topographic saddle point on the west edge of Oak Ridge, and summit areas above include 4 on/near the Lincoln Highway, a broader summit south of the Fairfield Road, and the larger plateau at the northern saddle.
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Category
range lat NS
  • N
highest type
  • Northern-
  • most point
lowest type
  • Southern-
  • most point
Country
  • United States
municipality type
Border
  • E: Pitzer Run
  • N: Oak Ridge
  • NW: Willoughby tributary
  • W: Willoughby Run
Region
  • Adams
lowest elevation imperial
  • 532(xsd:integer)
state flag
  • 1(xsd:integer)
range long EW
  • W
country flag
  • 1(xsd:integer)
Highest
  • saddle point at Oak Ridge near
  • the intersection of Reynolds
lowest lat d
  • 39(xsd:double)
Municipality
Photo
  • JFReynolds GB1.jpg
border fold
  • 1(xsd:integer)
highest location
  • and Wadsworth Avenues.
lowest long d
  • 77(xsd:double)
elevation round
  • 1(xsd:integer)
lowest lat NS
  • N
range lat d
  • 39(xsd:double)
State
  • Pennsylvania
Parent
  • "outcrop of the Gettysburg sill"
lowest long EW
  • W
  • ''
photo caption
  • 1899(xsd:integer)
  • Gettysburg Battlefield monuments on McPherson Ridge include the
Lowest
  • Willoughby/Pitzer confluence
  • upslope point north of
region type
  • County
Other Name
  • Middle Ridge
range long d
  • 77(xsd:double)
Location
  • 1858(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • McPherson Ridge is a landform used for military engagements during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, First Day, when the I Corps (Union Army) had a headquarters on the ridge and was defeated by the Confederate division of Major General Henry Heth. The ridge has terrain above ~ and is almost entirely a federally protected area except for township portions at the southern end and along Pennsylvania Route 116, including a PennDOT facility. The northern end is a slight topographic saddle point on the west edge of Oak Ridge, and summit areas above include 4 on/near the Lincoln Highway, a broader summit south of the Fairfield Road, and the larger plateau at the northern saddle.
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