Benner Hill
Benner Hill rises to 171 m in Pennsylvania. Buzzard Peak stands 593 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is VA Artillery "The Lee Battery", a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012070, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 171 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 9.8 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 17.7 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- CS Sharpshooter's position · 3 mi
- Chimney Rock · 18 mi
- Middletown Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- VA Artillery "The Lee Battery": 0.0 mi
- CS 1st MD Artillery “Dement Battery”: 0.1 mi
- CS Latimer+ Artillery Battalion: 0.1 mi
- Alleghany VA Artillery "Carpenter Battery": 0.1 mi
- CS Chesapeake MD Artillery "Brown’s Battery": 0.2 mi
- Gettysburg Municipal Authority: 1.3 mi
- Gettysburg Recreational Park: 1.3 mi
- West Fields: 1.6 mi
- Straban Township Park: 2.2 mi
- Norm Weaver Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Culps Hill: 0.6 mi
- Wolf's Hill: 0.8 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 0.9 mi
- Sheep Heaven: 1.3 mi
- Powers Hill: 1.4 mi
- Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association: 0.4 mi
- Battlefield Military Museum: 0.8 mi
- Jennie Wade House Gifts: 0.9 mi
- Shriver House Museum: 0.9 mi
- Gettysburg Museum of History: 0.9 mi
- Menchey’s Spring: 0.7 mi
- Spangler's Spring: 0.8 mi
- Katelysine Spring: 2.4 mi
- Koontz Spring: 9.1 mi
- Poplar Spring: 10.1 mi
- Women's Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Return visit: 0.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: 1.2 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue: 9.4 mi
- Fr. John Dubois: 12.4 mi
- Tumbling Run Game Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Caledonia State Park: 15.1 mi
- Spiegle Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 16.4 mi
- Union Mills Reservoir Area: 16.6 mi
- Hahn Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 16.6 mi
- John Eisenhower Bridge: 3.5 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 3.8 mi
- Pumpkin Cannon: 18.5 mi
- Catoctin Furnace: 20.6 mi
- Fort Roller: 23.1 mi
- Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 11.6 mi
- 9-11 Memorial Garden: 17.5 mi
- Cameron-Masland Mansion Garden: 18.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 22.8 mi
- Shippensburg University Campus Farm: 22.8 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 12.4 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 21.7 mi
- Sachs Covered Bridge: 3.8 mi
- Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 9.7 mi
- Tartown: 12.7 mi
- Clermont Crag: 15.7 mi
- Beach Front: 16.6 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Benner Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzard Peak | W 268° | 593 m | 13.6 mi |
| The Knob | W 279° | 573 m | 12.3 mi |
| Virginia Rock | WSW 255° | 545 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Newman | WNW 290° | 544 m | 12.4 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | W 267° | 535 m | 13.6 mi |
| Wildcat Rocks | WSW 251° | 533 m | 14.3 mi |
| College Mountain | SW 222° | 520 m | 12.6 mi |
| Piney Mountain | NW 315° | 513 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eisenhower NHS, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357276670
Day trips start here
- Gettysburg · 1 mi
- Hanover · 12 mi
- Thurmont · 17 mi
- Catoctin Mountain Park · 18 mi
- Westminster · 21 mi
- Chambersburg · 25 mi
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