Kittanning Point
Kittanning Point is a cliff in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 681 m. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Flats, a peak 1.5 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 681 m
How to reach it
- 28.4 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Leopold Park: 2.7 mi
- Gallitzin Legion Park: 3.1 mi
- Gallitzin Tunnelhill Park: 3.4 mi
- Westfall Park: 3.7 mi
- Highland Park: 4.1 mi
- Chestnut Flats: 1.5 mi
- Red Hill: 3.6 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 7.8 mi
- Brush Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Red Cap Hill: 9.7 mi
- Ashville Monumnet: 5.1 mi
- Admiral Peary Monument: 6.3 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Old In-town Altoona airstrip: 8.8 mi
- Quarry: 10.9 mi
- Galliztin Tuneels Museum: 3.4 mi
- Baker Mansion History Museum: 4.3 mi
- A Quaint Corner Children's Museum & Discovery Center: 4.4 mi
- Lemon House: 4.4 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 4.8 mi
- Engine House #6 Exhibit Building: 4.4 mi
- Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 5.8 mi
- Old Duncansville Airmail field: 6.2 mi
- Tipton Creek Train Station: 13.7 mi
- Theme Park Entrance: 13.8 mi
- Devils Elbow: 2.4 mi
- Herman Point: 14.6 mi
- Diechland Point: 17.3 mi
- Indian Lookout: 21.9 mi
- Pulpit Rocks: 23.5 mi
- Gallitzin Spring: 4.2 mi
- Weynant Spring: 14.4 mi
- Arch Spring: 16.7 mi
- Hundred Springs: 18.5 mi
- Herder Spring: 23.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 279: 5.4 mi
- Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center: 12.0 mi
- Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center: 18.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 131: 19.0 mi
- Grace Nature Trail: 19.4 mi
- Great Auk: 5.2 mi
- Golden Tiger Statue: 6.2 mi
- Boot: 8.2 mi
- Silent Descent: 24.9 mi
- The Paper Trail: 24.9 mi
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Mowery Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Mechanic's Shanty: 17.4 mi
- Burnt House Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Babcock Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Garden: 12.7 mi
- Seeds of Hope (Tyrone Community Gardens): 17.8 mi
- Hinckston Falls: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kittanning Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | SSW 195° | 953 m | 15.1 mi |
| Schaefer Head | SSW 197° | 898 m | 12.8 mi |
| Ritchey Knob | S 188° | 874 m | 10.9 mi |
| Cattle Knob | SSW 193° | 865 m | 12.5 mi |
| Round Top | SSW 207° | 849 m | 18.5 mi |
| Round Knob | SSW 195° | 846 m | 13.8 mi |
| Pine Knob | S 186° | 824 m | 11.6 mi |
| Vickrey Mountain | SSW 210° | 821 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:07 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:07 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altoona 3 W, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357293960
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