Gettysburg is a borough in and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the eponym for the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. The town hosts visitors to the Gettysburg National Battlefield in the Gettysburg National Military Park and has 3 institutions of higher learning: Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg College, and Harrisburg Area Community College. Many roads radiate from Gettysburg, providing hub-like access to Washington, D.C. 75 miles , Baltimore 55 miles , Harrisburg 37 miles , Carlisle 27 miles , Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland 32 miles and Hanover,... Pennsylvania 14 miles . York is 30 miles east on the Lincoln Highway and Chambersburg is 25 miles west on the Lincoln Highway , the first transcontinental U.S. highway. Today the borough is a 2½ hour drive from Philadelphia and a 3½ hour drive from Pittsburgh via the Pennsylvania Turnpike and U.S. Route 15. Gettysburg Regional Airport, a small general aviation airport, is located 2 miles west of Gettysburg.
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| County: | Adams County |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Population: | 8,072 |
| Area: | 4.3 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, Adams County / Gettysburg borough |