Big Round Top

Big Round Top

Round Top^: a — Great Round Top^: a
Round Top Mountain — Sugar Loaf Hill
Big Round Top Round Top — Great Round Top; 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
Location	NE slope @ Little Round Top
Geology	Pennsylvania Piedmont; physiographic region
Website	Gettysburg 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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