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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

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Coordinates41.29204, -75.14407

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
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
Nature reserves: 55
Waterfalls: 35
Historic sites: 32
Attractions: 31
  • 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: 19
  • 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 20.8 miles of Belle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dresser HillWSW 246°673 m12.2 mi
Turkey KnollSW 233°655 m11.8 mi
Camelback MountainSSW 212°647 m20.4 mi
Shaffers KnobWSW 238°634 m11.0 mi
Mount WismerSW 236°627 m6.8 mi
High KnobENE 62°624 m1.1 mi
Bush MountainWSW 239°611 m10.1 mi
Keipel HillWSW 248°610 m17.2 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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