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Lakemont Park

Lakemont Park from directly overhead

Lakemont Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 313 m. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Park, a park 1.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
313 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.47062, -78.39388

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Highland Park: 1.3 mi
  • Alto Rest Park: 1.4 mi
  • Tuckahoe Park: 1.7 mi
  • Tuckahoe Park: 1.9 mi
  • Tuckahoe park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Chimney Rocks: 3.5 mi
  • Red Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Chestnut Flats: 5.7 mi
  • Loop Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Brush Mountain: 6.1 mi
Historic sites: 35
Museums: 23
Attractions: 8
  • Old Duncansville Airmail field: 4.7 mi
  • Engine House #6 Exhibit Building: 8.3 mi
  • Tank: 10.2 mi
  • Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 10.3 mi
  • Tipton Creek Train Station: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 8
  • Gallitzin Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Weynant Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Arch Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Hundred Springs: 16.2 mi
  • Mason Spring: 18.7 mi
Artworks: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 5
Gardens: 2
  • Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Seeds of Hope (Tyrone Community Gardens): 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Lakemont Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue KnobSW 215°953 m15.4 mi
Schaefer HeadSW 220°898 m13.5 mi
Ritchey KnobSW 217°874 m11.0 mi
Cattle KnobSW 218°865 m12.8 mi
Round TopSW 223°849 m19.8 mi
Round KnobSW 217°846 m14.2 mi
Pine KnobSSW 214°824 m11.5 mi
Vickrey MountainSW 231°821 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:26
June solstice05:4420:0720:48
September equinox07:0218:3719:13
December solstice07:3416:0716:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138506068737164524232
Precip in2.92.43.43.43.93.83.73.94.43.53.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altoona 7 SW, 4 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly15 obs
  • House Sparrow9 obs
  • common buckthorn8 obs
  • American pokeweed6 obs
  • Virginia creeper6 obs
  • Spined Micrathena6 obs
  • Groundhog5 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357294304

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