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Bakers Knob

Bakers Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bakers Knob rises to 405 m in Pennsylvania. Snowy Mountain stands 637 m to the west-northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Rupp Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 7.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49009649, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
405 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.80843, -77.40693

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Carroll Commons Park: 3.6 mi
  • Pine Hill Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
  • Solit farm: 7.2 mi
  • Mont Alto State Park: 7.2 mi
  • Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 7.2 mi
Museums: 41
  • Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Frederick County Fire Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 8.7 mi
  • Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg: 8.8 mi
  • Thompson House - Lee's HQ: 8.8 mi
Springs: 23
  • Poplar Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Knob Springs: 3.9 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Browns Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Travelers Spring: 6.6 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 7.0 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 7.4 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 15.2 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 15.8 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 19.8 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 7.6 mi
  • St. Francis: 9.0 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 9.2 mi
  • Women's Memorial: 9.5 mi
  • Return visit: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Gardens: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 9.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 8.5 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Bakers Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy MountainWNW 291°637 m5.0 mi
Buzzard PeakWNW 282°593 m3.5 mi
The KnobNNW 328°573 m3.7 mi
Rocky MountainNW 304°570 m6.4 mi
Pivot RockNW 306°563 m6.4 mi
Virginia RockSW 231°545 m3.9 mi
Mount NewmanNNW 345°544 m5.7 mi
Chimney RocksW 280°535 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4220:0120:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2816:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138506069747265534234
Precip in3.52.74.04.14.43.94.13.94.94.03.33.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cashtown 1S, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357275955

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