Peak · Pennsylvania
Bell Mountain
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.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 606 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.47786, -75.66047
- 4.4 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 11.5 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 14.4 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 10 mi
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: 54
- AT&T Long Lines RANSOM Facility Historical Site: 2.5 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Pat Montana Memorial Plaque: 4.2 mi
- Caboose: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 23
- Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
- Waverly Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Meadowsweet Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Quarry Ridge Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Gateway Preserve: 5.8 mi
Museums: 15
- Houdini Museum: 3.1 mi
- Civil War Museum: 4.7 mi
- Electric City Trolley Museum: 4.8 mi
- 1902 Roundhouse & Technology Museum: 4.9 mi
- History Museum: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 14
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 6.4 mi
- Tundra Tornado: 8.7 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 8.8 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 11.8 mi
- weather station: 19.9 mi
Artworks: 12
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 3.3 mi
- Worthington Scranton Statue: 3.3 mi
- Penn State Nittany Lion: 4.2 mi
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Jason Miller: 4.8 mi
Gardens: 9
- Prayer Garden: 4.6 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 4.9 mi
- Lower Quad: 5.0 mi
- Upper Quad: 5.0 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 5.3 mi
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
- Campbell's Ledge: 10.7 mi
- The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 12.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Hill | ENE 64° | 686 m | 11.7 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | SW 236° | 681 m | 5.8 mi |
| Big Shiney Mountain | S 180° | 664 m | 14.3 mi |
| West Mountain | WSW 237° | 659 m | 2.6 mi |
| Little Shiney Mountain | S 186° | 642 m | 14.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SW 233° | 641 m | 4.8 mi |
| Cary Mountain | NE 45° | 627 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hubbard Mountain | NE 52° | 618 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357334857
Day trips start here
- Clarks Summit · 3 mi
- Dunmore · 5 mi
- Scranton · 5 mi
- Factoryville · 9 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 10 mi
- Sterling · 16 mi
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