Big Rocks
Big Rocks is a cliff in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 463 m. Jackson Hill stands 587 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Drake Memorial, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Lake Wilhelm Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 10 m
How to reach it
- 27.5 mi off the Lake Wilhelm Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Robert's Grove public park: 0.6 mi
- Scheide Park: 1.1 mi
- Flemming Park: 1.2 mi
- Burgess Park: 1.6 mi
- Longway Park: 1.7 mi
- Foster Hill: 10.8 mi
- Butcherknife Hill: 12.2 mi
- Eastman Hill: 12.3 mi
- Dutch Hill: 13.3 mi
- Babylon Hill: 13.4 mi
- Drake Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Robert's Torpedo: 1.7 mi
- Daughters of the American Revolution Monument: 2.5 mi
- Cornplanter: 14.4 mi
- Vandergrift: 14.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 272: 7.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 199: 11.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 200: 14.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 47: 14.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 146: 16.1 mi
- Drake Well Museum: 2.5 mi
- Venango County Museum: 14.2 mi
- Clifford's Rug Gallery & Studio: 14.7 mi
- DeBence Antique Music World: 18.4 mi
- Corry Area Historical Society: 20.2 mi
- Graffiti Gallery: 14.3 mi
- Chief Cornplanter: 14.3 mi
- Venango Campus Statue: 16.1 mi
- Gator Statue: 23.7 mi
- Glass Artpiece: 23.8 mi
- Oil Seeps: 7.8 mi
- Sandstone Springs: 22.5 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 24.8 mi
- Petroleum Center: 8.6 mi
- Pithole: 9.7 mi
- Fagundus: 13.0 mi
- Clear Lake: 12.7 mi
- 1-4: 22.1 mi
- Tidioute Overlook: 15.3 mi
- Boulder Ridge Stables: 20.8 mi
- Gregg Falls: 6.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Hill | NNE 33° | 587 m | 16.6 mi |
| Cole Hill | NE 54° | 584 m | 15.8 mi |
| Brooks Rocks | NNE 32° | 583 m | 21.1 mi |
| Crippen Hill | NE 56° | 574 m | 22.4 mi |
| Baker Hill | NNE 22° | 572 m | 20.5 mi |
| Crippen Hill | NE 56° | 570 m | 22.4 mi |
| Turner Hill | NNE 21° | 559 m | 17.5 mi |
| Stony Point | ESE 109° | 558 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:15 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:07 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Titusville WTR WKS, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6026262510
Day trips start here
- Titusville · 1 mi
- Oil City · 15 mi
- Erie Region · 20 mi
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