Big Round Top

Big Round Top
Round Top: a  — Great Round Top: a 
Round Top Mountain — Sugar Loaf Hill
Hill
1863 O'Sullivan image of Big Round Top
beyond Little Round Top breastworks
Big Round Top
Coordinates: 39°47′10.5″N 77°14′21.1″W / 39.786250°N 77.239194°W / 39.786250; -77.239194
LocationNE slope @ Little Round Top
GeologyPennsylvania Piedmont
physiographic region
WebsiteGettysburg Scenic Vistas (nps.gov)

Big Round Top is a boulder-strewn hill notable as the topographic high point: 3  of the Gettysburg Battlefield and for 1863 American Civil War engagements for which Medals of Honor were awarded. In addition to battle monuments, a historic reconstruction era structure on the uninhabited hill is the Big Round Top Observation Tower Foundation Ruin.

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