Millersville in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

— University Trees of Distinction —

Sycamore Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 11, 2025

1. Sycamore Marker

Inscription.

Our tallest tree in cultivation. In nature, the vivid white branches of sycamores signal the courses of rivers and streams and the extent of their floodplains.

Discover more at www.millersville.edu/trees

Erected by Millersville University.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 39° 59.933′ N, 76° 21.405′ W. Marker is in Millersville, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It can be reached from Brooks Drive. Marker and trees are along the south side of the Pond, on the Millersville University campus. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Millersville PA 17551, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Japanese Flowering Cherries (within shouting distance of this marker); Saucer Magnolia (within shouting distance of this marker); Dutcher Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Founders of Millersville University (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Pond (about 400 feet away); Biemesderfer Center [Old Library] (about 400 feet away);

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Atlas Cedar (about 400 feet away); Tulip Tree (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millersville.

Also see . . . Sycamore. (Submitted on January 14, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Sycamore Trees and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 11, 2025

2. Sycamore Trees and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 14, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 125 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 14, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.