Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 0 min5:40 am – 8:40 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 20 min7:26 am – 4:47 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 86°F, lows 65°FColdest month January: highs 38°F, lows 22°F45 in of rain a year, on about 77 dayswettest month September27 in of snow a year, on about 12 days21 days above 90°F, 115 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Biglerville station, 4 mi away
Nearby landmarksHarrisburg Area Community College - Gettysburg Campuscollege · 3.8 miChestnut Hillpeak · 4.9 miLake Heritagelake · 6.2 miGettysburg Collegecollege · 4.2 miStone Jug Hillpeak · 2.3 miKatalysine Springspring · 4.5 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsOakside Community Parkpark · 2.0 mi · 120 acresGettysburg National Military Parkhistoric site · 4.2 mi · 4,610 acresStraban Township Recreation Parkrecreation area · 3.2 miEisenhower National Historic Sitehistoric site · 6.8 mi · 690 acresPine Grove Furnace State Parkstate park · 9.8 mi · 703 acresKings Gap State Parkstate park · 12.9 mi · 1,034 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes7 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.2 on 23 Apr 198446 mi away, near Conestoga, PennsylvaniaMost recent: magnitude 3.4 on 13 Jun 201940 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowAdams County, PA, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsDrought Relatively ModerateHurricane Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality74% of days had good air in 2025261 of 351 days measured90 moderate daysMedian index 42, worst day 100main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Adams County monitors, PA
Drinking waterGettysburg Muni Authserves 12,425 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 20212 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation532 ft162 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalWellSpan Gettysburg Hospital5.0 miPost officeBiglerville Post Office3.2 miTown hallButler Township Municipal Building1.3 miPoliceBiglerville Police Department3.0 miFire stationBiglerville Hose Truck Fire Company 1 Station 63.0 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 otherSchoolAdams County Christian Academy1.9 miCollegeHarrisburg Area Community College - Gettysburg Campus3.8 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportHagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field HGR30 miMajor airportBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport BWI58 miInterstateI-8117 miUS highwayUS 15 Bus1.2 miAmtrakHarrisburg, PA HAR31 miCoachHarrisburg, PA (Petro Travel Center at 1201 Harrisburg Ave Route 11, Carlisle, PA 17013)OurBus24 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 17375 ZIP area.
