Old Toboggan Run Rocks
Old Toboggan Run Rocks is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 159 m. Buck Ridge Tower stands 488 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Conewago Day Use Area, a park 0.3 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Cliff in York County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Wikidata Q49469879, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 159 m
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 25.5 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 26.7 mi off the Falls Road
- 27.6 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Past Presidents Honorary Venue: 8.1 mi
- end of the line: 9.1 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Highspire War Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Gen. Wayne Headquarters: 11.1 mi
- Memorial Flag Pole: 10.8 mi
- Haines Shoe House: 14.1 mi
- Indian Echo Caverns: 15.7 mi
- Candymonium: 19.4 mi
- Hershey's Chocolate World: 19.4 mi
- Straight Hill: 0.3 mi
- Ramsey Hill: 2.5 mi
- Johns Knob: 2.8 mi
- Round Top: 3.2 mi
- Wright Knob: 3.3 mi
- Conewago Day Use Area: 0.3 mi
- Quaker Race Day Use Area: 0.6 mi
- Warrington Township Municipal Park: 1.4 mi
- Alda Ketterman Park: 4.7 mi
- Dover Community Park: 5.1 mi
- The Oakes Museum of Natural History: 8.1 mi
- Equipment Museum: 9.4 mi
- Boiler Room Museum: 9.5 mi
- Eastern Museum of MotorSports Racing: 10.7 mi
- Fire Museum of York County Inc: 10.7 mi
- Sundial: 9.8 mi
- The Tinker: 11.1 mi
- Sweet Encounter: 11.4 mi
- Bird for Spoken Word: 11.4 mi
- Retro Birth: 11.4 mi
- Grantham Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Special Needs Garden: 9.8 mi
- Camp Hill Literacy Garden: 12.0 mi
- Five Senses Garden: 13.0 mi
- Heart of the Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 242: 4.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 275: 10.6 mi
- Peiffer Memorial Arboretum and Nature Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Governor Stable: 11.1 mi
- Pole Island Nature Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 11.2 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 11.3 mi
- Orr's Bridge Spring: 12.3 mi
- Donegal Spring: 17.2 mi
- Letort Spring: 17.4 mi
- Chickies Rock: 19.3 mi
- Spectator Wall: 24.4 mi
- Trailside Wall: 24.7 mi
- Hidden Laurel Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 19.5 mi
- Concrete Beach: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Old Toboggan Run Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Ridge Tower | W 271° | 488 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 252° | 487 m | 22.8 mi |
| Long Mountain | W 277° | 479 m | 12.2 mi |
| Hammonds Rocks | W 270° | 462 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Holly | W 277° | 459 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | W 268° | 443 m | 24.2 mi |
| Cove Mountain | NNW 332° | 419 m | 22.4 mi |
| Stone Head | W 276° | 418 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — York AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357344884
Day trips start here
- York · 11 mi
- Hanover · 19 mi
- Wrightsville · 19 mi
- Shrewsbury · 23 mi
- Gettysburg · 25 mi
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