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Suncliff

Suncliff, seen from above at true elevation

Suncliff is a cliff in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 452 m. Sugar Camp Hill stands 887 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellow Creek State Park, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 9.6 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
452 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.55285, -79.00475

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sample Run Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
  • Floodway Park: 8.2 mi
  • Mack Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
  • Duman Lake County Park: 9.0 mi
  • Indiana Memorial Park: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 40
  • IUP Arch: 9.0 mi
  • Community park: 20.1 mi
  • Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 22.6 mi
  • The Elf Pond: 24.5 mi
  • Jack Be Nimble: 24.5 mi
Peaks: 32
Historic sites: 18
  • Eliza Furnace: 6.4 mi
  • Mine Entrance Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 9.2 mi
  • Indiana County War Memorial: 9.3 mi
  • POW MIA: 14.3 mi
Museums: 15
Nature reserves: 7
Artworks: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Laurel Hill: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Keystone Beach: 23.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Granny Coon Spring: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Suncliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar Camp HillSSW 193°887 m22.8 mi
Mystery HillSSW 193°878 m23.3 mi
Irwin HillSSW 191°868 m21.7 mi
Pike's PeakSSW 194°868 m24.4 mi
Middle HillSSW 194°852 m24.9 mi
Pine HillSSW 195°842 m23.7 mi
Rager MountainSSE 162°786 m10.6 mi
Bear RocksSW 221°745 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4620:1020:51
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3716:0916:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967716963524132
Precip in3.62.93.94.04.34.85.14.34.23.53.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana 3 SE, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357344486

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