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Big Hill

Big Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Big Hill rises to 531 m in Pennsylvania. High Knob stands 690 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is to private house, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49012486, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
531 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.41176, -75.16379

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Riverside Park: 4.6 mi
  • Bingham Park: 4.8 mi
  • T-Dock (pier): 5.8 mi
  • Ironwood Park: 6.6 mi
  • Cobbs Lake Park: 9.6 mi
Nature reserves: 38
  • Shuman Point Natural Area: 3.1 mi
  • Lacawac Sanctuary: 7.2 mi
  • Mount Wismer Nature Preserve: 13.1 mi
  • Gravel Family Preserve: 13.5 mi
  • State Game Lands Number 310: 13.8 mi
Historic sites: 37
Waterfalls: 29
  • Wangum Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Carley Brook Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Indian Ladder Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Bond Hill Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Factory Falls: 17.6 mi
Attractions: 24
  • to private house: 0.3 mi
  • Costa's Family Fun Park: 2.3 mi
  • swimming rock: 3.2 mi
  • white pines and blueberries: 3.3 mi
  • rock: 3.4 mi
Museums: 17
Beaches: 12
  • Palmyra Township Public Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Gravel Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Deer Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Laurel Ridge Beach: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Muriel's Garden: 5.0 mi
  • native plant garden: 7.4 mi
  • Labyrinth Garden: 9.5 mi
  • The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Glacier Lake Garden: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 10.3 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 10.4 mi
  • Robin Cove Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Toms Creek Recreation Site: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Ridgefield Point: 7.3 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 17.8 mi
  • The Cliff: 19.2 mi
  • The Knob: 22.2 mi
Artworks: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 4.7 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 4.9 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Octave Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Big Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High KnobNW 312°690 m18.7 mi
Salem HillWNW 302°686 m17.9 mi
Dresser HillSW 218°673 m16.7 mi
Turkey KnollSSW 208°655 m17.5 mi
Shaffers KnobSSW 211°634 m16.3 mi
Mount WismerSSW 201°627 m13.0 mi
High KnobSSE 165°624 m8.0 mi
Bush MountainSSW 209°611 m15.5 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 solstice07:2415:5016:35

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1198427 — Big Hill, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

OpenStreetMap element node/357334873

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