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Belle Mountain

Belle Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Belle Mountain rises to 576 m in Pennsylvania. Dresser Hill stands 673 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is High Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
576 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.29204, -75.14407

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sky Puppies: 6.7 mi
  • Ironwood Park: 8.7 mi
  • High Acres Park: 8.8 mi
  • Carlton Drake Memorial Park: 9.1 mi
  • Dingman Township Park: 10.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 53
Waterfalls: 35
Historic sites: 28
Attractions: 26
  • What's this?: 4.4 mi
  • to private house: 8.1 mi
  • Costa's Family Fun Park: 9.3 mi
  • osprey nest: 9.6 mi
  • Deagan Chimes: 9.7 mi
Museums: 21
  • Cresco Station Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Zane Grey Museum: 15.6 mi
  • Wills Mansion Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Tobyhanna Train Station: 16.2 mi
  • Pocono Indian Museum: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Laurel Ridge Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Deer Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Gold Key Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Palmyra Township Public Beach: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Labyrinth Garden: 6.8 mi
  • native plant garden: 10.0 mi
  • Muriel's Garden: 13.3 mi
  • The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 13.5 mi
  • Glacier Lake Garden: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Ridgefield Point: 3.1 mi
  • The Knob: 15.7 mi
  • The Cliff: 16.6 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 18.8 mi
  • Pike Rock: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 9.0 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 9.0 mi
  • Toms Creek Recreation Site: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 6.0 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 6.1 mi
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 20.8 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 22.9 mi
Springs: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Glass Tentacles: 16.6 mi
  • Rock Maze: 22.6 mi
  • Buffalo Statue: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Belle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dresser HillWSW673 m12.2 mi
Turkey KnollSW655 m11.8 mi
Camelback MountainSSW647 m20.4 mi
Blair HillW645 m21.1 mi
Shaffers KnobWSW634 m11.0 mi
Mount WismerSW627 m6.8 mi
High KnobENE624 m1.1 mi
Bush MountainWSW611 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2819:5620:38
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2415:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533455665696760493829
Precip in3.22.73.63.73.64.74.14.14.34.43.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawley 1 E, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1169159 — Belle Mountain, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357276527

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