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Bell Mountain

Bell Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bell Mountain rises to 606 m in Pennsylvania. Salem Hill stands 686 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is South Abington Community Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
606 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.47786, -75.66047

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Abington Community Park: 1.1 mi
  • Abington Park Gazebo: 1.2 mi
  • City Line Park: 2.1 mi
  • VFW Park: 2.1 mi
  • Rockwell Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks
  • Baby Bell: 1.4 mi
  • West Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Carpenter Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Hubbard Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 56
Nature reserves: 24
Museums: 16
Attractions: 14
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Nay Aug Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Salvatore Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Choke Creek Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Wangum Falls: 21.3 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Deer Beach: 21.0 mi
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Gravel Beach: 24.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 24.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Sand Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Octave Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Roadside Rest: 17.1 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 24.2 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 18.9 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 21.1 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Bell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Salem HillENE 64°686 m11.7 mi
Pinnacle RockSW 234°685 m5.9 mi
Pinnacle RockSW 236°681 m5.8 mi
West MountainWSW 237°659 m2.6 mi
Little Shiney MountainS 186°642 m14.3 mi
Bald MountainSW 233°641 m4.8 mi
Cary MountainNE 45°627 m6.3 mi
Hubbard MountainNE 52°618 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:15
June solstice05:3019:5920:41
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:2615:5216:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506169747265534333
Precip in2.62.12.83.33.33.83.63.94.13.72.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357334857

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